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• LeftWM vs i3i3 is an X11 tiling manager with a tree-based layout, workspaces and configurable key bindings, but it runs on X11 rather than Wayland.
• LeftWM vs dwmdwm is a small X11 dynamic window manager customized by editing and recompiling its source rather than through configuration files.
• LeftWM vs QtileQtile is configured in Python with programmable layouts and widgets, and offers X11 and Wayland back ends.
• LeftWM vs spectrwmspectrwm is a small dynamic tiling X11 window manager with few dependencies and a single plain-text configuration file, running on Linux and the BSDs.
• LeftWM vs xmonadxmonad provides automatic tiling layouts on X11 with configuration written as a full Haskell program and a large extension set in xmonad-contrib.
• LeftWM vs awesomeawesome is configured in Lua, supports tiling and floating layouts, and includes programmable widgets instead of relying on a separate bar.
• LeftWM vs herbstluftwmherbstluftwm uses manual tiling on X11 configured at runtime through herbstclient, with live settings changes and virtual monitors for large screens.
• LeftWM vs bspwmbspwm arranges X11 windows in a binary tree controlled by shell commands, and like LeftWM needs separate tools for key bindings and panels.