Top 6 Open-Source Alternatives to Mir

Product categories

Automation Command Line Tools IT Automation Linux OS & Utilities Open Source Scripts Utilities Window Manager Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Mir are XQuartz, i3, 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.

XQuartz Landing Page
1

XQuartz

The XQuartz project is an open-source effort to develop a version of the X.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #OS & Utilities #Linux
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
qtile Landing Page
3

qtile

Qtile is a full-featured, hackable tiling window manager written in Python.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Utilities 6 social mentions
Xmonad Landing Page
4

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
AutoHotkey Landing Page
5

AutoHotkey

The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Scripts #Automation 38 social mentions
herbstluftwm Landing Page
6

herbstluftwm

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