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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

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