dwl alternatives
dwl is a lightweight, hackable Wayland compositor based on wlroots, aiming to serve a similar role to dwm in the X11 environment. It focuses on simplicity, minimalism, and ease of customization through a single configuration file. The compositor provides essential features like window management, tags, and keybindings while avoiding unnecessary complexity.
Alternatives
- Hyprland
- niri
- Sway
- i3
- GlazeWM
- Openbox
- Fluxbox
- awesome
- KWin
- bspwm
- Rift
- river
- Qtile
- MouseTiler
- Sxmo
- Wayfire
- IceWM
- Amethyst
- yabai
- Komorebi Window Manager
- Cardboard (Wayland compositor)
- Japokwm
- dwm
- Emerald Theme Manager
- Xmonad
- SwayFX
- bug.n
- mangowc
- spectrwm
- hikari
- term.everything
- wmii
- Labwc
- PaperDE
- JWM
- GridWM (Grid Window Manager)
- LeftWM
- herbstluftwm
- Miriway
- Lumina Desktop Environment
- Ratpoison
- doWM
- miracle-wm
- Pinnacle
- Waybox
- Polonium
- PyTyle
- Bluetile
- Amethyst Windows
- pekwm
- flwm
- Sawfish
- Phoenix
- Vivarium
- Blackbox WM
- Whim
- WMFS²
- GridWM (KDE Plasma)
- Gnome Mutter
- sxwm
- paneru
- Cortile
- Cage: the Wayland kiosk
- Subtle window manager
- Superior X Window Manager
- Mahogany
- Weston
- Xlambda
- wtftw
- Wmderland
- Cocoa-Way
- PaperWM
- StumpWM
- Jay
- chadwm
- strataWM
- MangoWM
- Cagebreak
- wio
- MagmaWM
- Way Cooler