XDM Alternatives

XDM is described as '(in full, the X Display Manager) is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to XDM for Linux, BSD and Xfce. The best XDM alternative is Ly, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XDM are LightDM, SDDM, emptty and SLiM.

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  1. Ly icon

    Ly

     5 likes

    TUI (ncurses-like) display manager.

    16 Ly alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Ly screenshot 1
     

  2. LightDM

     8 likes

    A lightweight display manager.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  4. SDDM icon

    SDDM

     4 likes

    Simple Desktop Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login program and session manager) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems.

    16 SDDM alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. emptty

     1 like

    Dead simple CLI Display Manager on TTY.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    emptty screenshot 1
     
  6. SLiM icon

    SLiM

     2 likes

    Lightweight and elegant graphical login solution.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    SLiM screenshot 1
     
  7. GDM icon

    GDM

     1 like

    GNOME Display Manager is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland.

    16 GDM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    GDM screenshot 1
     

  9. xlogin

     Like

    Lightweight, secure and login like console display manager for X.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. TDM icon

    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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    TDM screenshot 1
     

  11. greetd

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    Minimal and flexible login manager daemon that makes no assumptions about what you want to launch.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     

  12. tbsm

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    Terminal Based Session Manager is an application or session launcher, written in pure bash with no ncurses or dialog dependencies. It is inspired by cdm, tdm, in some way by krunner and related.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    tbsm screenshot 1
     

  13. MDM (login manager)

     Like

    The MDM Display Manager.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  14. lemurs icon

    lemurs

     Like

    Terminal User Interface (TUI) Display/Login Manager written in Rust that works on most GNU/Linux and BSD distributions. It can work both with or without SystemD.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    lemurs screenshot 1
     
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