Labwc is a wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for wayland, inspired by openbox.
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hikari – stacking Wayland compositor
hikari is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.
Read moreWayfire – Wayland compositor based on wlroots
Wayfire is a 3D Wayland compositor, inspired by Compiz and based on wlroots. This is free and open source software.
Read moreNotion – tiling, tabbed window manager
Notion is a tiling, tabbed window manager for the X window system. The program is traditionally written to be very usable by mainly using the keyboard.
Read morewmderland – X11 tiling window manager
wmderland is an X11 tiling window manager using space partitioning trees with no bloated features and a tiny disk footprint.
Read moreRatpoison – simple window manager
ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no fat library dependencies. It is largely modelled after GNU Screen.
Read moreEXWM – full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs
EXWM (Emacs X Window Manager) is a full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs built on top of XELB.
Read moreherbstluftwm – manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib
herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib. herbstluftwm is written from scratch.
Read morebspwm – tiling window manager that represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree
bspwm is a tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning. It represents windows as the leaves of a full binary tree.
Read moreStumpWM – tiling, keyboard driven X11 window manager
StumpWM is a tiling, window manager written entirely in Common Lisp. It attempts to be highly customizable while relying entirely on the keyboard for input.
Read morei3 – improved tiling window manager
i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. i3 is primarily targeted at advanced users and developers.
Read moresway – tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager
Sway is an i3-compatible tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11.
Read more8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 8 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.
Read moreAvant Window Navigator – dock-like bar
Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a free and open source Mac OS X like panel for the GNOME Desktop written in C.
Read moreSimdock – small dock with pseudo-transparency and good window handling
Simdock is a dockbar that features a zoom effect (like the OS X dock) and customized launchers. Free and open source software.
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