GridWM (KDE Plasma) Alternatives

GridWM (KDE Plasma) is described as 'Manual Grid Tiling Layout Of Stack Window Manager' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to GridWM (KDE Plasma) for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Wayland, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best GridWM (KDE Plasma) alternative is Microsoft PowerToys, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GridWM (KDE Plasma) are Hyprland, niri, Sway and i3.

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  1. Gnome Mutter icon
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    Mutter is a Wayland display server and X11 window manager and compositor library.

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Wayland
     
  2. Whim icon
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    Whim is a hackable, pluggable and scriptable dynamic window manager for Windows 10 and 11, built using WinUI 3, .NET, and C# scripting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
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    Wio is a Wayland compositor for Linux & FreeBSD which has a similar look & feel to plan9's rio.

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    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
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    A Wayland Tiling Compositor Inspired by Ratpoison.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  7. strataWM icon
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    Strata is a cutting-edge, robust and sleek Wayland compositor written in Rust using the Smithay library. It is designed to be minimal and flexible yet customizable. Strata is configured in Lua, a lightweight, high-level, multi-paradigm programming language.

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    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  8. Cage is a kiosk compositor for Wayland. A kiosk is a window manager (in the X11 world) or compositor (in the Wayland world) that is designed for a user experience wherein user interaction and activities outside the scope of the running application are prevented.

    58 Cage: the Wayland kiosk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  9. Stack WM icon
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    Stack is a productivity tool, that helps managing multiple open windows. It is most useful on big screens, very wide screens and multiple monitor configurations.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. MagmaWM icon
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    A versatile and customizable window manager / Wayland compositor, currently in development and actively seeking contributions from the community.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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