herbstluftwm
A manual X11 tiler built around a tree of frames that can be split and assigned windows independently on each monitor. Tags act as workspaces, while `herbstclient` exposes runtime commands and IPC; its startup configuration is a shell script that issues those commands. Project documentation records influence from i3, Musca and wmii alongside its manual frame model.
Background and availability
Project documentation records influence from i3, Musca and wmii alongside its manual frame model. History source ↗
Project facts
- protocol
- X11
- layout
- stacking, tiling
- Configuration
- shell
- tag
- manual tiling
- Primary repository stars
- 1,166
- Last repository activity
- 2026-10-04
- Statistics observed
- 2026-10-08T20:05:15.489Z