Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Wayland
hikari Alternatives
hikari is described as '[ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to hikari for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and Windows apps. The best hikari alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like hikari are Hyprland, COSMIC, niri and Sway.
Alternatives list
Emerge Desktop is a replacement Windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the...
Platforms
- Windows
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A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀
Platforms
- Linux
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
82 Xmonad alternativesxmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell. In a normal WM, you spend half your time aligning and searching for windows. xmonad makes work easier, by automating this.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- X11
- Haskell
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The Emerald Theme Manager allows you to install, edit and switch between Emerald themes. In order for it to work, select Emerald as your window decorator. You will also need to enable the Window Decorations plugin (via CCSM).
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Debian
- Ubuntu
- BSD
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
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Sway is an incredible window manager, and certainly one of the most well established wayland window managers. However, it is restricted to only include the functionality that existed in i3. This fork ditches the simple wlr_renderer, and replaces it with our fx_renderer, capable...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Arch Linux
- Gentoo Linux
- Fedora
- Nix Package Manager
- Sway
- FreeBSD
- Wayland
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Wayland
- Linux
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
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