Window managers

Tiling and stacking window managers and compositors for Linux desktops.

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Window managers
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Sway	17k	MIT	Open source	No	C	1.12	2026-09-21
i3	11k	BSD-3-Clause	Open source	No	C	4.25.1	2026-10-08

2 tools

i3-compatible Wayland compositor

Language: C
Licence: MIT
Stars: 17k
Latest: 1.12
Last push: 2026-09-21

A tiling window manager for X11

Language: C
Licence: BSD-3-Clause
Stars: 11k
Latest: 4.25.1
Last push: 2026-10-08

What these tools replace

i3Window managers1 →