Top 6 Open-Source Alternatives to Gala

Gala

Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop...

Product categories

Linux Open Source Utilities Window Manager

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Gala are qtile, i3, and Window Maker. 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.

qtile Landing Page
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qtile

Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions
i3 Landing Page
2

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
Window Maker Landing Page
3

WM

Window Maker

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
herbstluftwm Landing Page
4

herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 8 social mentions
Xmonad Landing Page
5

Xmonad

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
JWM Landing Page
6

JWM

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