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• i3 vs SwaySway brings the i3-style tiling workflow to Wayland and supports much of the i3 configuration format, though some X11 applications need compatibility layers.
• i3 vs dwmdwm is a compact X11 dynamic window manager where many customizations require editing and recompiling the source rather than editing a config file.
• i3 vs QtileQtile is configured in Python with programmable layouts and widgets, and it offers both X11 and Wayland back ends.
• i3 vs LeftWMArrange Linux windows with a tiling manager written in Rust.
• i3 vs spectrwmspectrwm is a minimal dynamic tiling window manager for X11 with a single plain-text configuration file, running on Linux and the BSDs.
• i3 vs xmonadxmonad tiles X11 windows automatically and is configured as a full Haskell program, with a large set of extensions in xmonad-contrib.
• i3 vs bspwmbspwm manages X11 windows as a binary tree and is controlled through shell commands, needing separate tools for key bindings and panels.
• i3 vs awesomeawesome keeps X11 but is configured in Lua, supports tiling and floating layouts, and exposes programmable widgets and window rules.
• i3 vs ForgeA GNOME Shell extension that adds i3 and sway style tiling window management to the desktop.
• i3 vs herbstluftwmherbstluftwm uses manual tiling on X11 like i3, configured at runtime through herbstclient, with settings that change live and virtual monitors for large screens.
• i3 vs OpenboxManage X11 windows with a configurable stacking window manager.
• i3 vs StumpWMA keyboard-driven tiling window manager for X11, written in and extensible with Common Lisp.
• i3 vs miracle-wmA hackable tiling Wayland compositor for Linux built on Mir, with i3-style tiling and animations.