NWM is a tiling window manager for the X Window System.
It combines traditional master-stack tiling with a horizontal scrolling layout and is configured by editing and recompiling its source.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Traditional master-stack and horizontal scrolling layouts.
- Built-in status bar and system tray.
- Nine workspaces and multi-monitor support.
- Sensible default keybindings using the Super key as the modifier.
- Source-based configuration with a clean and modular codebase.
Website: github.com/Mr-Emacs/nwm
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Developer: xsoder
License: MIT License
NWM is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| X11 Tiling Window Managers | |
|---|---|
| i3 | Improved tiling window manager |
| StumpWM | Common Lisp window manager |
| bspwm | Based on binary space partitioning |
| EXWM | Full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs |
| herbstluftwm | Basic tiling concept is that the layout is represented by a binary tree |
| wmderland | Offers no bloated features, an easy-to-use config, and a very small footprint |
| Notion | Originally a fork of Ion |
| zwm | Minimal, opinionated window manager with a keyboard-driven workflow |
| Ratpoison | Keyboard-only window manager |
| NWM | Lightweight window manager with a simple, efficient workflow |
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