A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor using wlroots, with desktop semantics inspired by xmonad.
Platforms
- Linux
- Wayland
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PaperDE Alternatives
PaperDE is described as 'A light-weight desktop environment based on Qt/Wayland and wayfire' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to PaperDE for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Mac and Windows apps. The best PaperDE alternative is Hyprland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PaperDE are niri, Sway, Compiz and i3.
Alternatives list
- 78 Vivarium alternatives
Blackbox is an original window manager, sharing no code with any others. It's designed to be fairly small and minimal, making it particularly suited to less powerful computers. It doesn't support images, other than generated gradients, but it does support multiple...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
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WMFS² is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X written in C. WMFS² is a free software distributed under the BSD license. It can be driven from keyboard or mouse and its configuration stands in one text file, easily understandable.
Platforms
- Linux
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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
Platforms
- Mac
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
Platforms
- Mac
- Homebrew
- Wayland
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
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