Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
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Openbox Alternatives
Openbox is described as 'Highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support' and is a popular Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Openbox for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best Openbox alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Openbox are niri, i3, Sway and awesome.
Alternatives list
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- GNOME
- Wayland
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
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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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
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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
A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor (forked from dwl) that makes it a breeze to create custom layouts with a simple configuration. 🚀
Platforms
- Linux
A minimalist Linux smartphone environment that is truly yours to control. Sxmo, or Simple X Mobile, is a collection of simple and suckless X programs and scripts used together to create a fully functional mobile UI adhering to the Unix philosophy for the PinePhone and other...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- postmarketOS
- Linux Mobile
- Global
Xfwm4 is the window manager for Xfce. Xfwm4 can be run stand-alone, but if used this way, the Xfce Settings Manager will be required as a GUI to make configuration changes.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Sawfish is an extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. Its policy is very minimal compared to most window managers. Its aim is simply to manage windows in the most flexible and attractive manner possible.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- X11
- Window Manager
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Openbox
- Wayland
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pekwm is a window manager that once up on a time was based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
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