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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.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to dwm

i3 Xmonad qtile Sway herbstluftwm XQuartz Swish Lumina Desktop Environment

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to dwm are i3, Xmonad, and qtile. 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.
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    i3

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

    #Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions

  2. 2
    xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 14 social mentions

  3. 3
    Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions

  4. 4
    Sway is a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager, but for Wayland instead of X11.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Health And Fitness #Meditation #Sleep 52 social mentions

  5. herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 8 social mentions

  6. 6

    JWM

    Also known as Joe's Window Manager. Created in 2003, one of the default window manager for Puppy Linux, and actively updated by Joe, its creator.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 3 social mentions

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

    #Linux #Window Manager #Open Source 1 social mentions

  8. The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Window Manager #OS & Utilities #Linux

  9. 9
    Insanely great window management
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Automation

  10. Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Operating Systems #Desktop Environments 6 social mentions

  11. You've reached the website for Arch Linux, a lightweight and flexible Linux® distribution that tries to Keep It Simple. Currently we have official packages optimized for the x86-64 architecture.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Linux #Linux Distribution #Operating Systems 256 social mentions

  12. Window management app based on Spectacle, written in Swift.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Mac Tools #Window Manager #Developer Tools 447 social mentions

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