Labwc Alternatives

Labwc is described as 'Stands for Lab Wayland Compositor, where lab can mean any of the following:' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Labwc for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, Mac, BSD and FreeBSD apps. The best Labwc alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Labwc are niri, Sway, GlazeWM and Cardboard (Wayland compositor).

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OmniWM
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MacOS Niri and Hyprland inspired tiling window manager that's developer signed and notorized (safe for managed enterprise environments). Aiming for parity and extra innovation.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Mac
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Superior X Window Manager
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Window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Window Manager
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
X11
S
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paneru
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A scrollable, tiling window manager for MacOS.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Window Manager
Platforms
Mac
P
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Cocoa-Way
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Native macOS Wayland compositor in Rust using Smithay, providing seamless Linux app streaming and display with OpenGL rendering, HiDPI Retina support, hardware acceleration, polished UI, server-side decorations, direct Wayland protocol, and zero VM overhead.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Mac
Homebrew
Wayland
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chadwm
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Making dwm as beautiful as possible!.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Window Manager
Origin
India
Platforms
Linux
India
C
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MangoWM
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Practical and powerful Wayland compositor (dwm but wayland).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Window Manager
Wayland Compositor
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Wayland
+3
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sxwm
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tiling window managers dont have to be difficult.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Window Manager
Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
Linux
X11
United Kingdom
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