Window Manager Gallery
Discover X11 window managers and Wayland compositors.
| Project | Preview | Protocol | Layout | Configuration | Stars | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyprland | Wayland | stacking, tiling | Lua | 38,812 | 2026-10-08 | |
| niri | Wayland | scrolling, tiling | KDL | 28,283 | 2026-10-08 | |
| Sway | Wayland | stacking, tiling | plain text | 17,402 | 2026-09-21 | |
| i3 | X11 | stacking, tiling | plain text | 10,581 | 2026-10-08 | |
| bspwm | X11 | stacking, tiling | shell | 8,324 | 2026-06-19 | |
| awesome | X11 | stacking, tiling | Lua | 6,969 | 2026-08-28 | |
| Qtile | Wayland, X11 | stacking, tiling | Python | 5,304 | 2026-10-06 | |
| Gamescope | Wayland | kiosk, stacking | C++ | 5,200 | ||
| xmonad | X11 | stacking, tiling | Haskell | 3,605 | 2026-10-03 | |
| Wayfire | Wayland | stacking | INI | 3,057 | 2026-10-03 | |
| LeftWM | X11 | tiling | Rust | 3,000 | ||
| labwc | Wayland | stacking | XML | 2,838 | 2026-10-07 | |
| SwayFX | Wayland | tiling, stacking | C | 2,400 | ||
| Way Cooler | Wayland | tiling | Rust | 2,100 | ||
| StumpWM | X11 | tiling | Common Lisp | 2,000 | ||
| olvwm | X11 | stacking | C | 1,900 | ||
| olwm | X11 | stacking | C | 1,900 | ||
| spectrwm | X11 | tiling | plain text | 1,400 | ||
| herbstluftwm | X11 | stacking, tiling | shell | 1,166 | 2026-10-04 | |
| berry | X11 | tiling | C | 1,100 | ||
| Denial | Wayland | tiling, stacking | Dart | 1,100 | ||
| newm | Wayland | tiling | Python | 965 | ||
| sowm | X11 | tiling | C | 956 | ||
| 2bwm | X11 | stacking | C | 856 | ||
| Miracle-wm | Wayland | tiling | C++ | 814 | ||
| kiwmi | Wayland | stacking | C, Lua | 764 | ||
| Jay | Wayland | tiling, stacking | Rust | 712 | ||
| FVWM | X11 | stacking | plain text | 649 | ||
| JWM | X11 | stacking | XML | 627 | 2026-05-06 | |
| scroll | Wayland | scrolling, tiling | C | 626 | ||
| Fluxbox | X11 | stacking | plain text | 445 | 2026-02-15 | |
| wlmaker | Wayland | stacking | C | 442 | ||
| Vivarium | Wayland | tiling | C | 426 | ||
| IceWM | X11 | stacking | plain text | 418 | 2026-08-06 | |
| Gala | X11, Wayland | stacking | Vala | 301 | ||
| Orbment | Wayland | tiling | C | 252 | ||
| Muffin | X11, Wayland | stacking | GSettings | 248 | ||
| Compiz | X11 | stacking | GUI (CompizConfig) | 242 | ||
| Window Maker | X11 | stacking | property list | 239 | 2026-09-20 | |
| Marco | X11 | stacking | GSettings | 218 | ||
| 9wm | X11 | stacking | command line | 205 | ||
| Blackbox | X11 | stacking | C++ | 196 | ||
| goomwwm | X11 | stacking, tiling | C | 196 | ||
| WMFS | X11 | tiling | C | 194 | ||
| CwC | Wayland | tiling, stacking | C, Lua | 186 | ||
| Sawfish | X11 | stacking | Lisp | 182 | ||
| JapokWM | Wayland | tiling | C | 155 | ||
| wmii | X11 | tiling, stacking | rc | 138 |