SLiM Alternatives

SLiM is described as 'Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution' and is an app in the system & hardware category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SLiM for Linux and BSD. The best SLiM alternative is Ly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SLiM are LightDM, SDDM, emptty and GDM.

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xlogin
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Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
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Good alternative?Is xlogin a good alternative to SLiM?
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greetd
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Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
Denmark
EU
Platforms
Linux
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Good alternative?Is greetd a good alternative to SLiM?
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TDM
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Console TDM is an extension for xorg-xinit written in pure bash. It is inspired by CDM, which aimed to be a replacement of display managers such as GDM.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
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CDM
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Minimalistic, yet full-featured display manager that provides a fast, dialog-based login system without the overhead of the X Window System. Written in pure bash, CDM has almost no dependencies, yet supports multiple users/sessions and can start virtually any desktop environment...
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Linux
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Good alternative?Is CDM a good alternative to SLiM?