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About LeftWM
Arrange Linux windows with a tiling manager written in Rust. Separates layout logic from desktop appearance. Supports configurable window layouts.
Desktop bars and related components need separate configuration.
Strengths
- Separates layout logic from desktop appearance
- Supports configurable window layouts
Limitations
- Desktop bars and related components need separate configuration.
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
- License
- MIT
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Arrange Linux windows with a tiling manager written in Rust
- Categories
- Window tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Selected from the TechWalrus Resource Hub (Desktop Customization); facts checked against the developer's own pages, 2 sources on file.
Alternatives to LeftWM
Compare allSoftware that can replace LeftWM for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
i3
Arrange X11 windows in a keyboard-controlled tiling workspace.
i3 is an X11 tiling manager with a tree-based layout, workspaces and configurable key bindings, but it runs on X11 rather than Wayland.
bspwm
Manage X11 windows as the leaves of a binary tree.
bspwm arranges X11 windows in a binary tree controlled by shell commands, and like LeftWM needs separate tools for key bindings and panels.
awesome
Build a keyboard-driven X11 desktop with a window manager configured in Lua.
awesome is configured in Lua, supports tiling and floating layouts, and includes programmable widgets instead of relying on a separate bar.
dwm
Use a small dynamic window manager for X11 with tiling and floating layouts.
dwm is a small X11 dynamic window manager customized by editing and recompiling its source rather than through configuration files.
Qtile
Configure a tiling window manager using Python.
Qtile is configured in Python with programmable layouts and widgets, and offers X11 and Wayland back ends.
Sway
Use an i3-style tiling workflow on Wayland.
Sway provides an i3-style tiling workflow on Wayland, supporting much of the i3 configuration format, with some X11 applications needing compatibility layers.
Hyprland
Arrange Linux application windows with a configurable tiling Wayland compositor.
Hyprland is a BSD-3-Clause Wayland compositor with dynamic tiling and animations, requiring compatible Wayland graphics support and manual configuration.
xmonad
A dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
xmonad provides automatic tiling layouts on X11 with configuration written as a full Haskell program and a large extension set in xmonad-contrib.
LeftWM as an alternative
Listings that name LeftWM as an alternative.
herbstluftwm
A manual tiling window manager for X11 that is configured at runtime through the herbstclient tool.
LeftWM is a tiling manager written in Rust that separates layout logic from appearance, with bars needing separate configuration.
Openbox
Manage X11 windows with a configurable stacking window manager.
LeftWM is an MIT-licensed tiling window manager written in Rust that separates layout logic from appearance, and like Openbox it needs bars configured separately.
spectrwm
A small dynamic tiling window manager for X11 that aims to stay out of the way.
LeftWM is a Rust tiling manager that separates layout logic from appearance, with bars configured as separate components.
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