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• cwm vs OpenboxOpenbox is a configurable X11 stacking window manager with custom menus and window rules, needing separate panels and launchers for a full desktop.
• cwm vs spectrwmspectrwm is a small X11 tiling window manager with a single plain-text configuration file that runs on Linux and the BSDs.
• cwm vs dwmdwm adds dynamic tiling and floating layouts on X11, but many customisations require editing and recompiling the source instead of a text configuration file.
• cwm vs Window MakerWindow Maker moves to a NeXTSTEP-style stacking desktop on X11 with dockapps and a graphical preferences tool alongside readable config files.
• cwm vs evilwmevilwm is another minimal keyboard-controlled X11 window manager with no title bars or panels, adding virtual desktops and packages for Debian, Ubuntu and NetBSD.
• cwm vs JWMJWM is a lightweight X11 stacking window manager under MIT that needs only Xlib and runs well on old hardware and the Raspberry Pi.
• cwm vs FVWM3FVWM3 is far more configurable in behaviour and appearance on X11, with RandR multi-monitor support, but its configuration has a steep learning curve.
• cwm vs labwclabwc is a lightweight stacking compositor that moves the setup to Wayland, following Openbox conventions instead of X11.