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Xcompmgr VS Openbox

Compare Xcompmgr VS Openbox 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.

Openbox logo Openbox

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
  • Xcompmgr Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-26
  • Openbox Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-06

Xcompmgr videos

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Gnome + Xcompmgr + 3ddesktop

Openbox videos

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Get Rid Of That Bloated Desktop Environment And Install Openbox

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Xcompmgr and Openbox)

Xcompmgr

Openbox

Window Manager
19 19%
Window Manager
81% 81
Linux
8 8%
Linux
92% 92
Mac
100 100%
Mac
0% 0
Note Taking
100 100%
Note Taking
0% 0

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Reviews

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Xcompmgr Reviews

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Openbox Reviews

Top 10 Best Desktop Environments in 2020
People who’re deep into Linux, love Openbox’s simplicity. It’s extremely lightweight, and comes with only a text-based right-click menu that lists all your applications. The menu is customizable too, and you can add scripts or functions within the menu as a link.
Source: www.journaldev.com

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

Openbox mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Xcompmgr and Openbox, 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.

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.

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

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

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