OmniWM Alternatives

OmniWM is described as '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' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OmniWM for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, BSD, Wayland and Windows apps. The best OmniWM alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OmniWM are Rectangle, niri, Loop - Window Management and Sway.

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  1. mangowc icon

    mangowc

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    wayland compositor base wlroots and scenefx(dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  2. wmii icon

    wmii

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    wmii is a small, dynamic window manager for X11. It is scriptable, has a 9p filesystem interface and supports classic and tiling (acme-like) window management. It aims to maintain a small and clean (read hackable and beautiful) codebase.

    75 wmii alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    wmii screenshot 1
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  4. Wins icon

    Wins

     2 likes

    Wins is a Windows Manager, which brings system-level arrange window features to Mac.

    64 Wins alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Floating Split Window Drag to see the floating split window and drag on to quick split.
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    PaperDE

     1 like

    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
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  9. JWM icon

    JWM

     5 likes

    JWM is a light-weight window manager for the X11 Window System. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Because of its small footprint, JWM makes a good window manager for older computers and less powerful systems, such as the .

    76 JWM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    JWM screenshot 1
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  10. workspacer icon

    workspacer

     3 likes

    workspacer is a tiling window manager for Windows 10, similar in style and function to common unix tiling window managers (dwm, i3, xmonad).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    split screen view
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  11. Cocoa-Way icon

    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
    • Wayland
    Cocoa-Way screenshot 1
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  12. Defi icon

    Defi

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    Defi is a free and open-source scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by Niri.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. MangoWM icon

    MangoWM

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    Practical and powerful Wayland compositor (dwm but wayland).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Wayland
    MangoWM screenshot 1
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  14. C

    Cardboard (Wayland compositor)

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    Cardboard is a unique, scrollable tiling Wayland compositor designed with laptops in mind. Based on wlroots.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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