
i3
Openbox
dwm
Fluxbox
Xmonad
bspwm
Hyprland
A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

CoolDock
DockFix
DockDoor
uBar
DockFlow
cDock
DockApp
The app-grouping feature the Mac Dock never shipped.
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App Groups Organize apps into named groups, each with a custom emoji icon, stored by bundle ID. Pin important groups to the top of the sidebar. Create and delete groups directly from the main panel — no detour into Settings. Default starter groups (Work, Creative, Utilities) appear on first...
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SwiftUI & AppKit
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Awesome is a free & open-source next-generation tiling manager for X that is designed to be fast and adaptable, with a focus on developers, power users, and anyone who wants to have more control over their graphical...
awesome is a free and open-source next-generation tiling manager for X built to be fast and extensible and it is primarily aimed at developers, power users, and anyone who would like to control their graphical...
Awesome has a unique take on the concept of a tiling window manager. It is probably the most user-friendly on the list. Much like i3, it claims to have well-documented code to make it very easy to dig right into for...
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CoolDock adds a beautiful second Dock to your Mac with live widgets for music, todos, calendar events, weather, search, system stats, quick actions, and more.
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Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
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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.
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Window peeking and alt-tab functionality for macOS
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