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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.

dwm Alternatives

The best dwm alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.

  1. 101
    /i3-alternatives

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

    Open Source

  2. 82
    /awesome-alternatives

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

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  4. 86
    /xmonad-alternatives

    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.

    Open Source

  5. 65
    /bspwm-alternatives

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

  6. 69
    /openbox-alternatives

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

  7. 57
    /fluxbox-alternatives

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

  8. 63
    /icewm-alternatives

    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.

  9. 44
    /qtile-alternatives

    Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.

    Open Source

  10. 30
    /xfce-alternatives

    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.

  11. 32
    /spectrwm-alternatives

    spectrwm is a small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

  12. 39
    /sway-alternatives

    Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.

    Open Source

  13. 28
    /ratpoison-alternatives

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

  14. 24
    /herbstluftwm-alternatives

    herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.

    Open Source

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