Forge

A GNOME Shell extension that adds i3 and sway style tiling window management to the desktop.

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About Forge

Forge is an extension for GNOME Shell that arranges windows in tiles instead of leaving them to float freely. It brings the tiling approach of window managers such as i3 and sway to a standard GNOME desktop, so people keep GNOME's shell, settings and apps while gaining automatic window layouts.

The project README currently states that Forge needs a new maintainer. Anyone adopting it should check that it supports their GNOME version before relying on it.

Strengths

  • i3 and sway style tiling inside a regular GNOME session
  • Keeps the GNOME desktop instead of replacing it
  • Source code published on GitHub

Limitations

  • Project is looking for a new maintainer
  • Works only with GNOME Shell
  • Extension compatibility can lag behind new GNOME releases

Details

Pricing
FreeFree to use; the source is published on GitHub.
License
Open source, license not stated
Developer
The Forge contributors
Platforms
Linux
How it runs
Downloadable app
Account
Not required
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
GNOME users who want i3 or sway style tiling without switching desktops
Categories
Window tools
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

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Software that can replace Forge for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • Pop Shell

    A keyboard-driven GNOME Shell extension from System76 that adds automatic tiling window management.

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    Pop Shell also adds keyboard-driven automatic tiling inside GNOME, backed by System76 and shipped with Pop!_OS, with development following the GNOME version Pop!_OS uses.

  • PaperWM

    A GNOME Shell extension that tiles windows side by side on a horizontally scrolling strip.

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    PaperWM replaces i3-style tiling with scrollable tiling on a horizontal strip inside GNOME, with a settings pane for keybindings and per-app rules.

  • Tiling Shell

    A GNOME Shell extension that adds FancyZones-style tiling layouts and Windows 11 style snap assistance.

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    Tiling Shell uses FancyZones-style custom layouts and a Windows 11 style snap assistant inside GNOME instead of i3 and sway style tree tiling.

  • Tiling Assistant

    A GNOME Shell extension that adds Windows-style snap assist and expands GNOME's tiling layouts.

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    Tiling Assistant brings Windows-style snap assist and extra layouts to GNOME, maintained under the Ubuntu organisation, rather than i3 or sway style tiling.

  • Sway

    Use an i3-style tiling workflow on Wayland.

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    Sway provides the i3-style tiling workflow directly as a Wayland compositor, which means leaving the GNOME desktop instead of extending it.

  • i3

    Arrange X11 windows in a keyboard-controlled tiling workspace.

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    i3 is the original keyboard-controlled tiling window manager Forge imitates, but it runs on X11 and replaces GNOME rather than running inside it.

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