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Comparison of X window managers

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This article compares variety of different X window managers. For an introduction to the topic, see X Window System.

General information

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! rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Type

! rowspan="2" | Language

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Memory (MB){{Cite news |url=https://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops/ |title=A Memory Comparison of Light Linux Desktops |date=2013-03-17 |work=l3net - a layer 3 networking blog |access-date=2017-12-28 |language=en-US}}

Version

! Date

9wm

| Stacking

| C

| 1994

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q277515|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q277515|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

| 0.4

aewm

| Stacking

| C

| 1999

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q381983|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q381983|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

|

awesome

| Dynamic

| C, Lua

| 2007-09-18

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q310135|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q310135|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 9

[https://berrywm.org/ Berry]

| Stacking

| C

| 2018-08-24

| 0.1.12

| 2022-10-24

| MIT

|

Blackbox

| Stacking

| C++

| 1997

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q751991|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q751991|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

| 3

bspwm

| Tiling

| C

| 2013-04-23

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q22906938|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q22906938|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| BSD-2-clause{{cite web |url= https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/blob/master/LICENSE |title= bspwm License |website= GitHub |date= 2 November 2021 }}

|

Compiz

| Compositing

| C (OpenGL)

| 2006

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q819563|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q819563|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

|

CTWM

|Stacking

|C

|1992

|4.1.0

|2023-03-26

|MIT

|

cwm

| Stacking

| C

| 2004-07-10

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q5197178|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5197178|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| ISC

| 8

[https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk/src/master/ dkwm]

|Dynamic

|C

|2019-12-01

|1.9-1

|2023-06-18

|MIT/X

|

dwm

| Dynamic

| C

| 2006-07-14

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q284200|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q284200|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

| 1

Enlightenment

| Compositing

| C

| 1997

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q692045|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q692045|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| BSD-2-clause

|

Enlightenment 16{{Cite web |title=Enlightenment E16 |url=https://www.enlightenment.org/e16 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=www.enlightenment.org}}

|Compositing

|C

|2009-06-03

|1.0.30

|2024-08-10

|

|

[http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/ evilwm]

| Stacking

| C

| 2000

| 1.4.3{{Cite web |title=Index of /evilwm/dl |url=https://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/dl/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=www.6809.org.uk}}

| 2024-03-09

| aewm/9wm{{cite web|url=https://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/doc/evilwm.txt|title=evilwm.txt}}

|

EXWM

| Tiling

| Emacs Lisp

|2018

| 0.32{{Cite web |title=Releases · emacs-exwm/exwm |url=https://github.com/emacs-exwm/exwm/releases |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

| 2024-10-05

| GPL-3.0-or-later

|

Fluxbox

| Stacking

| C++

| 2001-09-12

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q131522|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q131522|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

| 16

FLWM

| Stacking

| C++ (FLTK)

| 1998

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q5426577|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5426577|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

|

FVWM

| Dynamic

| C

| 1993-06-01

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1503663|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1503663|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL

| 4

[https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm herbstluftwm]

| Dynamic

| C++

| 2011-10-02

| 0.9.5

| 2022-07-30

| BSD-2-clause

|

i3

| Dynamic

| C

| 2009-03-15

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1652973|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1652973|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| BSD-3-clause

| 3

IceWM

| Stacking

| C++

| 1997

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q669886|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| LGPL-2.0-only

| 4.5

Ion

| Tiling

| C, Lua

| 2000

| Final

| 2009-01-10

| LGPL-2.1-only{{efn|LGPL-2.1-only with naming restrictions on modified versions.}}

|

[https://joewing.net/projects/jwm/ JWM]

| Stacking

| C

| 2003

| 2.4.5{{Cite web |title=Releases · joewing/jwm |url=https://github.com/joewing/jwm/releases |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

| 2024-10-05

| MIT

| 3

KWin (KDE)

| Compositing

| C++ (Qt)

| 2002

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1413413|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

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| GPL

| 41

[https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm LeftWM]

|Tiling

|Rust

|2019

|0.5.3

|2024-10-20

|MIT

|

Matchbox

| Stacking

| C

| 2007-04-13

| 1.2.3{{Cite web |title=matchbox-window-manager - Matchbox Window Manager v1 |url=https://git.yoctoproject.org/matchbox-window-manager/ |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=git.yoctoproject.org}}

| 2023-03-15

| GPL-2.0-or-later

|

Metacity (GNOME 2/LiMo)

| Compositing

| C, C++ (GTK+)

| 2002-10

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| GPL-2.0-or-later

|

Moksha (E17)

|Compositing

|C

|2015-08-11

|0.4.1{{Cite web |title=Releases · JeffHoogland/moksha |url=https://github.com/JeffHoogland/moksha/releases |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

|2023-07-23

|

|

Motif Window Manager (mwm)

| Stacking

| C

| 1989

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3866235|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

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| LGPL-2.1-or-later

|

Mutter (GNOME 3+/MeeGo)

| Compositing

| C (Clutter)

| 2011-04

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| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 18.6

Openbox

| Stacking

| C

| 2002-09-18

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q728978|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q728978|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 7

[https://www.pekwm.se/ PekWM]

| Stacking

| C++

| 2009

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2041048|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2041048|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 5.3

[https://github.com/wyderkat/playwm PlayWM]

| Stacking

| C

|2013-31-01

|Final

|2013-02-10

| GPL

|

Qtile

| Dynamic

| Python

| 2008-08-31

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7268199|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

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| MIT

| 2

[https://github.com/cococry/Ragnar Ragnar]

|Tiling

|C

|2023-05-15

|1.5.0

|2024-08-17

|GPL

|

Ratpoison

| Tiling

| C

| 2000-12-04

| 1.4.9

| 2017-04-03

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 1

Sawfish

| Stacking

| Lisp, C

| 2000-01-01

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q164036|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q164036|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 3.1

[https://sithwm.darkside.no/sithwm.html SithWM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326092850/https://sithwm.darkside.no/sithwm.html |date=2022-03-26 }}

| Stacking

| C

| 2007

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2290516|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2290516|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL

|

spectrwm

| Dynamic

| C

|2012-02-07

| 3.6.0{{Cite web |title=Releases · conformal/spectrwm |url=https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm/releases |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q62865110|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| ISC

|

[https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/wiki/steamcompmgr steamcompmgr]

| Compositing

| C{{cite web |url=https://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/pool/main/s/steamos-compositor/steamos-compositor_1.35.tar.xz |title=steamos-compositor debian source package|at=/steamos-compositor-1.35/src/steamcompmgr.c}}

| 2013

|

|

| BSD-2-clause{{cite web |url=https://repo.steampowered.com/steamos/pool/main/s/steamos-compositor/steamos-compositor_1.35+bsos1_amd64.deb |title=steamos-compositor amd64 debian package|at=/usr/share/doc/steamos-compositor/copyright |quote=License: BSD-2-clause}}

|

StumpWM

| Tiling

| Common Lisp

| 2017-01-12

| 23.11{{Cite web |title=Releases · stumpwm/stumpwm |url=https://github.com/stumpwm/stumpwm/releases |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1129837|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

|

[https://github.com/uint23/sxwm sxwm]

|Tiling

|C

|2025

|1.5

|2025-05-24

|MIT

|

twm

| Stacking

| C

| 1987

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q292990|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q292990|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT-open-group
MIT-CMU
XFree86-1.0

| 1.2

Ultrix Window Manager (uwm)

| Stacking

| C

| 1985

| Final{{Cite web |title=wm/uwm - The NetBSD Packages Collection |url=https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/current/pkgsrc/wm/uwm/index.html |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=cdn.netbsd.org}}

| 1988-10-27

| Similar to BSD licenses

|

Window Maker

| Stacking

| C

| 1997

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1046732|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| GPL-2.0-or-later

| 7

Wingo

| Dynamic

| Go

| 2012

| Final

| 2018

| WTFPL

|

wmii

| Dynamic

| C

| 2005-06-01

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q285081|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q285081|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| MIT

|

Xfwm (Xfce)

| Compositing

| C, C++ (GTK+)

| 1996

| 4.19{{Cite web |title=xfce:xfwm4:start [Xfce Docs] |url=https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfwm4/start#latest_release |access-date=2024-11-04 |website=docs.xfce.org}}

| 2024-11-01

| GPL, LGPL

| 70

xmonad

| Dynamic

| Haskell

| 2007-03-06

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q72914|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q72914|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| BSD-3-clause

| 2

[https://github.com/codic12/worm worm]

|Dynamic

|Nim

|2021-12-12

|0.3.3

|2024-03-30

|MIT

|

rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Type

! rowspan="2" | Language

! rowspan="2" | Initial release

! colspan="2" | Latest release

! rowspan="2" | License

! rowspan="2" | Memory (MB)

Version

! Date

{{Notelist}}

Features

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! Name

! Configurable titlebar buttons

! Graphical configuration

! Hotkeys

! ICCCM/EWMH compliant

! Panel for window switching

! Tabbed windows

! Themeable

9wm

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

aewm{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing as redlink previously deleted|date=February 2021}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

awesome

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[https://berrywm.org/ Berry]{{citation needed|reason=External link to primary source requires secondary source|date=February 2021}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Via CLI client.}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Via CLI client and third party (e.g. sxhkd).}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Blackbox

| {{no}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty|Via third party.}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|With bbkeys.}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Through 0.65 / from 0.70.{{cite web |url= http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/NetWM |title= NetWM - Blackbox |quote= Blackbox releases up to and including version 0.65.0 follow the ICCCM standard, while 0.70 and later follow EWMH. |access-date= 2008-03-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071001170417/http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/NetWM |archive-date= 2007-10-01 |url-status= dead}}}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

bspwm{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing as redlink previously deleted|date=February 2021}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|With sxhkd.}}

| {{partial}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Compiz

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

CTWM

| {{Yes}}

|

|

| {{Partial}}

| {{Yes}}

|

| {{Yes}}

cwm

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[https://bitbucket.org/natemaia/dk/src/master/ dkwm]

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

dwm

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Enlightenment

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/ evilwm]

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}{{cite web |url= http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/standards.shtml |title= evilwm - standards support |quote= evilwm releases following and including version 1.1.0 follow the EWMH standard. |access-date= 2009-10-26 |archive-date= 2020-10-27 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065835/http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/standards.shtml |url-status= dead }}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm EXWM]{{CN|date=June 2022}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{no}}

| {{depends}}

| {{yes}}

Fluxbox

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{Cite web|url=http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/ewmh-support.html|title=Tables|access-date=2011-05-07|archive-date=2009-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819040039/http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/ewmh-support.html|url-status=dead}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

FLWM

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}{{efn|There is a window list menu.}}

| {{no}}

| {{No}}

FVWM

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}[http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages/unstable/FvwmTabs.php FvwmTabs] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802010635/http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages/unstable/FvwmTabs.php |date=2009-08-02 }}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}[http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/ Fvwm Themes]FVWM-Crystal

herbstluftwm

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

i3

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

IceWM

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Ion

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

JWM

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|EWMH}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

KWin (KDE)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

[https://github.com/leftwm/leftwm LeftWM]

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Matchbox

|

|

|

| {{Yes|EWMH compliance}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Metacity (GNOME)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Mutter (GNOME/MeeGo)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{won|Gnome Shell}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[https://github.com/leanghok120/moody Moody]

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Motif Window Manager (mwm)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

|

|

| {{no}}{{efn|Can change colours.}}

Openbox

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

[https://www.pekwm.se/ PekWM]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

PlayWM{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing|date=February 2021}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

Qtile

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

[https://github.com/cococry/Ragnar Ragnar]

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Ratpoison

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Sawfish

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Partial}}

| {{yes}}

| primitive

| {{yes}}

[https://sithwm.darkside.no/sithwm.html SithWM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326092850/https://sithwm.darkside.no/sithwm.html |date=2022-03-26 }}

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

spectrwm{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing|date=February 2021}}

| {{no2}}no titlebar buttons

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{won|solid colors}}

[https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamOS/wiki/steamcompmgr steamcompmgr]{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing due to external link toprimary source|date=February 2021}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

StumpWM

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

[https://github.com/uint23/sxwm sxwm]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

twm

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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uwm

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Window Maker

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Wingo{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing|date=February 2021}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

WMFS{{citation needed|reason=Requires sourcing as redlink previously deleted|date=February 2021}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

wmii

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Xfwm (Xfce)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

xmonad

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Yes / ?}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name=thirdparty}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

[https://github.com/codic12/worm worm]

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Name

! Configurable titlebar buttons

! Graphical configuration

! Hotkeys

! ICCCM/EWMH compliant

! Panel for window switching

! Tabbed windows

! Themeable

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See also

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References

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External links

  • [http://sawfish.wikia.com/wiki/Comparison_of_extensible_window_managers Comparison of extensible window managers] compares window managers "extensible" by user scripts, like Sawfish, xmonad, etc.
  • [http://www.gilesorr.com/wm/table.html The Comprehensive List of Window Managers for Unix]

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Window managers

Category:X window managers