Window Managers for X
- Guide to window managers for the X Window System. Descriptions, screenshots and configuration files for all popular window managers, along with related resources, including a news and discussion area.
- http://xwinman.org/
Enlightenment - A window manager based on Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. - http://www.enlightenment.org/
ROX Desktop - A desktop environment with some features of RISC OS. - http://rox.sourceforge.net/
XD640 - A lightweight graphical desktop environment for X-Window designed for older computers running at 640x480 screen resolution. - http://www.oksidizer.com/software/xd640.html
JD4X - A basic GUI windowing environment developed to support the Java programming language based on top of the X window system. - http://jdx.sourceforge.net/
BadWM - A minimalistic window manager for the X Window System. - http://badwm.sourceforge.net/
The Stump Window Manager - A tiling, keyboard driven X11 Window Manager written entirely in Common Lisp. - http://www.nongnu.org/stumpwm/
Ratpoison Window Manager - A simple Window Manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations. - http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/
Evilwm - A minimalist Window Manager for the X Window System. - http://evilwm.sourceforge.net/
VTWM - A virtual window manager for the X Window System. It is based on twm, and can be used just like twm. It provides multiple virtual screens, a 3D look, and lots of neat features. - http://www.kolumbus.fi/jtp/personal/vtwm/
Generic Window Manager Manual - GWM is an X window manager you can program using LISP. - http://tronche.com/gui/x/gwm/html-manual/
Oroborus - A very minimalistic, but still fully configurable windowmanager. - http://www.oroborus.org/
pekwm - A good looking but lean windowmanager with support for dockapps, tabbed windows, automatic window manipulation, dynamic menus, key sequences. - http://pekwm.org/
AfterStep Applets - Home of the distribution of applications for the AfterStep window manager. - http://www.tigr.net/afterstep/
WindowLab - A small and simple window manager of novel design. - http://www.nickgravgaard.com/windowlab/
FluxBox - A fast compact window manager based on the Blackbox, but offering more features. - http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/
PWM - Lightweight window manager for X11 that lets multiple client windows attach to the same frame. - http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/pwm/
Ion - Text-editorish, keyboard friendly window manager. - http://modeemi.cs.tut.fi/~tuomov/ion/
Sawfish - An extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language. All window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language. This is no layer on top of twm, but a wholly new architecture. - http://sawmill.sourceforge.net/
mlvwm - Macintosh Like Virtual Window Manager. - http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~y-miyata/mlvwm.html
Blackbox - Light window manager, without all those annoying library dependencies. - http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/
Small Window Manager - Minimal window manager intended for use with small screen sizes. - http://www.small-window-manager.de/
Pie Menu Window Manager - Minimal window manager that uses pie menus. - http://www.crynwr.com/piewm/
Fast Light Window Manager - Derived from wm2. Source code and binaries available. - http://flwm.sourceforge.net/
aewm - A minimalistic X11 window manager. - http://www.red-bean.com/~decklin/aewm/
Official AfterStep Development site - Site dedicated to Development of the AfterStep Window Manager. Includes HTMLized sources, daily activity log, and TODOs. - http://afterstep.sourceforge.net/
The Mlvwm + Kfm Site - How to create a mac-like desktop in linux. - http://dimensional.com/~ds55/
LinuxPlanet Window Managers Page - Reviews of, and tutorials on, window managers under Linux, for beginners. - http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/subjects/432/
The Scheme Configurable (Constraints?) Window Manager - A highly configurable X Window manager written and configurable with Guile Scheme. An absolute must for any hardcore Schemer who uses X Window. Now at version 0.99.6.1 with Gnome support, a CORBA interface, a complex constraint system for pseudointellig - http://scwm.sourceforge.net/
Window Manager Icons Distribution - a project to provide an efficient configurable icon distribution - http://wm-icons.sourceforge.net/
GNUstep.org - Official site of GNUstep: free implementation of NeXTStep/OpenStep specification. - http://www.gnustep.org/
wmx - wmx is also a window manager. Home page quote : "wmx is a window manager for X. It's based on wm2, and it retains a similar look and feel, but it's intended to provide an experimental vehicle for features that fall comfortably outside the scope of t - http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/wmx/