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Xcompmgr VS IceWM

Compare Xcompmgr VS IceWM and see what are their differences

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Xcompmgr logo Xcompmgr

Xcompmgr is a simple composite manager capable of rendering drop shadows and primitive window transparency. Designed solely as a proof-of-concept, Xcompmgr is a lightweight alternative to Compiz and similar composite managers.

IceWM logo 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.
  • Xcompmgr Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-26
  • IceWM Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-05-07

Xcompmgr videos

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Gnome + Xcompmgr + 3ddesktop

IceWM videos

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Obscure Window Manager Project - IceWM

More videos:

  • Tutorial - IceWM Tutorial - The fastest Linux window manager
  • Demo - antiX 19 beta 3 IceWM Demo Features Review II

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Xcompmgr and IceWM)

Xcompmgr

IceWM

Window Manager
19 19%
Window Manager
81% 81
Mac
100 100%
Mac
0% 0
Linux
10 10%
Linux
90% 90
Note Taking
100 100%
Note Taking
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Xcompmgr seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Xcompmgr mentions (1)

  • What compositor to use?
    There is xcompmgr, which is still maintained, but it lacks a lot of features from Picom. The only appeal of it is because it's more lightweight, or maybe someone can't get Picom to work right for whatever reason. Source: 11 months ago

IceWM mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of IceWM yet. Tracking of IceWM recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Xcompmgr and IceWM, you can also consider the following products

picom - A lightweight compositor for X11 (previously a compton fork).

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

Contexts - Switch between application windows effortlessly — with Fast Search, a better Command-Tab, a Sidebar or even a quick gesture. Free trial available.

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

Hyperswitch - HyperSwitch provides a compelling alternative to HyperDock for keyboard junkies. What's New

Openbox - Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

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