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• spectrwm vs xmonadxmonad provides automatic tiling on X11 with a large extension set, but configuration is a full Haskell program rather than a text file.
• spectrwm vs dwmdwm is another small X11 dynamic tiling manager, but many customizations require editing and recompiling the source instead of a plain-text config file.
• spectrwm vs i3i3 uses a tree-based tiling layout with workspaces and configurable key bindings, also running on X11 rather than Wayland.
• spectrwm vs awesomeawesome adds tiling and floating layouts with programmable widgets and window rules, configured in Lua instead of a single plain-text file.
• spectrwm vs QtileQtile is configured in Python with programmable layouts and widgets, and offers both X11 and Wayland back ends.
• spectrwm vs SwaySway moves an i3-style keyboard tiling workflow to Wayland, which spectrwm does not support, though some X11 applications need compatibility layers.
• spectrwm vs herbstluftwmherbstluftwm is a manual tiling X11 manager configured live through herbstclient, so you arrange frames yourself instead of relying on dynamic layouts.
• spectrwm vs StumpWMA keyboard-driven tiling window manager for X11, written in and extensible with Common Lisp.
• spectrwm vs LeftWMArrange Linux windows with a tiling manager written in Rust.
• spectrwm vs cwmA portable version of OpenBSD's minimal, keyboard-driven cwm window manager for X11.
• spectrwm vs bspwmbspwm arranges X11 windows as a binary tree controlled by shell commands, and needs separate tools for key bindings and panels.
• spectrwm vs evilwmA minimalist, keyboard-controlled window manager for the X Window System with virtual desktops.