wmderland is an X11 tiling window manager using space partitioning trees.
It offers no bloated features, an easy-to-use config, and a very small footprint. The window manager is designed for a minimialist.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Configurable workflow (keyboard, mouse, or both).
- i3-like config; easy to use.
- 9 Workspaces (static).
- Fullscreen toggle.
- Floating toggle.
- Gaps & borders.
- Window focus follows mouse.
- Smart floating.
- Supports a subset of EWMH.
- Tiny IPC Client.
Website: github.com/aesophor/wmderland
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Developer: Marco Wang
License: MIT License
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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 |
| Ratpoison | Keyboard-only window manager |
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