StumpWM
A keyboard-driven tiling window manager for X11, written in and extensible with Common Lisp.
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About StumpWM
StumpWM is a tiling window manager for X11 that you drive from the keyboard. It is visually minimal, with no window decorations, icons or buttons. You can customise it through hooks and variables.
Because it is written entirely in Common Lisp, you can change and re-evaluate code while the window manager is running. A community wiki and a contrib repository of modules add further features. Manuals are published for each release in HTML, PDF and info formats.
Strengths
- Can be reconfigured live from Common Lisp
- Fully keyboard-driven tiling
- Module collection in stumpwm-contrib
- Versioned manuals in several formats
Limitations
- X11 only, no Wayland support
- Customisation requires learning Common Lisp
- Minimal look with no built-in decorations
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-2.0
- Developer
- The StumpWM contributors
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Lisp users who want a tiling window manager they can reprogram while it runs
- 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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