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Top 15 Window Managers for Linux

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  1. A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

    #Linux #Window Manager #Utilities

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    dwm

    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.

    #Linux #Window Manager #Utilities 63 social mentions

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    i3

    A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions

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    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 14 social mentions

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    icewm home page . Bug Tracking. If you have a patch, a bug report or a feature request to submit, please do so at the icewm project page at SourceForge.

    #Linux #Window Manager #Utilities

  6. spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 10 social mentions

  7. Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code.

    #Linux #Window Manager #Utilities 6 social mentions

  8. herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 8 social mentions

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    tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Terminal Tools #SSH #Server Management 26 social mentions

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    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

    #Utilities #Window Manager #Linux 20 social mentions

  11. Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window...

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 3 social mentions

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    Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions

  13. Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of...

    #Linux #Window Manager #Desktop Environments 4 social mentions

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    Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Health And Fitness #Meditation #Sleep 52 social mentions

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    JWM

    Also known as Joe's Window Manager. Created in 2003, one of the default window manager for Puppy Linux, and actively updated by Joe, its creator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 3 social mentions

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