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.

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  1. Ratpoison icon
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    Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your...

    69 Ratpoison alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • X11
     
  2. PaperWM icon
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    PaperWM is an experimental Gnome Shell extension providing scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. It's inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. Supports Gnome Shell 3.28 and 3.30 on X11 and wayland.

    51 PaperWM alternatives

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    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
  3. Xlambda icon
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    Xlambda is an X window manager that is extensible in Guile.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  4. 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).

    51 Emerald Theme Manager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Debian
    • Ubuntu
    • BSD
     
  5.  Like

    Heavily Inspired by i3wm. Wmderland aims to simplify the core functionalities of i3wm, and bundle in the essential features required for a modern but minimal Tiling Window Manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
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    Weston is a Wayland compositor designed for correctness, reliability, predictability, and performance.

    60 Weston alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
     
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    A Wayland compositor.

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    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Wayland
     
  8. Whim icon
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    Whim is a hackable, pluggable and scriptable dynamic window manager for Windows 10 and 11, built using WinUI 3, .NET, and C# scripting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM. While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany. Its planned features are:

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    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  10. PaperDE icon
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    A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire.

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    • Linux
    • Qt
    • Wayland
     
  11. Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and Fluxbox. It is being developed on PC-BSD, and is being packaged for distribution on the PC-BSD package repository as well.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
     
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