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Top 9 Open Source Products in Desktop Environments

The best Open Source Products within the Desktop Environments category - based on our collection of reviews & verified products.

i3 dwm IceWM Xfce bspwm flwm KDE

Product categories

Desktop Environments Linux Linux Distribution Open Source Operating Systems Utilities Window Manager

Summary

The top products on this list are i3, dwm, and IceWM. All products here are categorized as: We recommend LibHunt for [discovery and comparisons of open-source projects](https://www.libhunt.com/). Desktop Environments. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. i3 Landing Page
    i3 Landing Page
    1

    i3

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

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 90 social mentions

  2. dwm Landing Page
    dwm Landing Page
    2

    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.

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 67 social mentions

  3. IceWM Landing Page
    IceWM Landing Page
    3

    IceWM

    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.

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities

  4. Xfce Landing Page
    Xfce Landing Page
    4

    Xfce

    Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Linux Distribution 19 social mentions

  5. bspwm Landing Page
    bspwm Landing Page
    5

    bspwm

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 21 social mentions

  6. flwm Landing Page
    flwm Landing Page
    6

    flwm

    Productivity and Qt

    #Open Source #Linux #Window Manager

  7. KDE Landing Page
    KDE Landing Page
    7

    KDE

    The KDE® Community is a free software community dedicated to creating an open and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and …

    #Operating Systems #Linux #Window Manager 80 social mentions

  8. Window Maker Landing Page
    Window Maker Landing Page
    8
    WM

    Window Maker

    Window Maker is a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Open Source #Linux #Utilities 1 social mentions

  9. wm2 Landing Page
    wm2 Landing Page
    9
    w

    wm2

    wm2 is a stacking window manager for X.

    #Open Source #Linux #Window Manager

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