An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to help you have the best possible computing experience.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
United States
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i3 AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like i3
i3 is described as 'Dynamic tiling window manager with clean, readable and documented code, featuring extended Xinerama support, usage of libxcb instead of xlib and several improvements over wmii' and is a popular Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to i3 for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and Windows apps. The best i3 alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like i3 are Hyprland, COSMIC, niri and Sway.
Alternatives list
- 32 GNOME alternatives
35 Hyprland alternativesAn independent tiling Wayland compositor written in C++. Noteworthy features of Hyprland include dynamic tiling, tabbed windows, a clean and readable C++ code-base, and a custom renderer that provides window animations, rounded corners, and Dual-Kawase Blur on transparent windows.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- openSUSE
- Arch Linux
- Gentoo
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- FreeBSD
- Alpine Linux
- Slackware
- Wayland
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- United States
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84 niri alternativesWindows are arranged in columns on an infinite strip going to the right. Opening a new window never causes existing windows to resize.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Wayland
Russia
Sway is a Tiling Wayland Compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11. It works with your existing i3 configuration and supports most of i3's features, plus a few extras.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Global
awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Canada
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Rust
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Global
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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Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- C++
