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awesome vs Qtile: catalog facts
awesome	Qtile
Best for: Build a keyboard-driven X11 desktop with a window manager configured in Lua	Best for: Configure a tiling window manager using Python
Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.	Free Free and open source. Hosting, hardware and any external services are separate.
Linux	Linux
Supports tiling and floating layouts Exposes programmable widgets and window rules	Supports programmable layouts and widgets Offers X11 and Wayland back ends
Extensive customization requires editing Lua configuration.	Configuration and troubleshooting require some Python knowledge.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for awesome awesomewm.org github.com/awesomeWM/awesome Catalog checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Qtile qtile.org github.com/qtile/qtile Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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