Comparison of X window managers
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This article lists comparisons among X window managers.
| Name | Capability/size | Language | License | Type | Configurable titlebar buttons | Graphical configuration | Hotkeys | ICCCM/EWMH compliant | Panel for window switching | Tabbed windows | Themeable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwin (KDE) | Heavyweight | C++ (Qt) | GPL | Compositing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Metacity (GNOME) | Heavyweight | C, C++ (GTK+) | GPL | Compositing or Stacking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Compiz | Heavyweight | C (OpenGL) | MIT | Compositing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Template:Won | Yes | Yes | |
| Mutter (Gnome Shell) | Heavyweight | C, C++ (GTK+) (Clutter) | GPL | Compositing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Template:Won | Yes | Yes |
| Xfwm (Xfce) | Middleweight | C, C++ (GTK+) | GPL, LGPL | Compositing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Enlightenment | Middleweight | C | BSD | Stacking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Blackbox | Middleweight | C++ | MIT | Stacking | No | Template:Won | Template:Won | through 0.65 / from 0.70[1] | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fluxbox | Middleweight | C++ | MIT | Stacking | Yes | Template:Won | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Openbox | Middleweight | C | GPL | Stacking | Yes | Template:Won | Yes | Yes | Template:Won | No | Yes |
| awesome | Middleweight | C, Lua | GPL | Tiling and stacking | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IceWM | Middleweight | C++ | GPL, LGPL | Stacking | Yes | Template:Won | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| xmonad | Lightweight | Haskell | BSD | Tiling | Yes | Yes | Yes / ? | Template:Won | Yes | Yes | |
| FVWM | Lightweight | C | GPL | Stacking | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[2] | Template:Won[3][4] |
| Ion | Lightweight | C, Lua | LGPL with non-free clauses | Tiling and stacking | no titlebar buttons | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| twm | Lightweight | C | MIT License | re-parenting | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Template:Won | |
| Matchbox | Minimal | C | GPL | Stacking | Yes | ||||||
| sithWM | Minimal | C | GPL | Stacking | no titlebar buttons | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| evilwm | Minimal | C | AEWM[5] | Stacking | no titlebar buttons | No | No | Template:Won[6] | No | Yes | |
| dwm | Minimal | C | MIT | Tiling | no titlebar buttons | No | Yes | Template:Yes-No | Yes | Yes | |
| WMFS | Minimal | C | BSD | Tiling | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| wmii | Minimal | C | MIT | Tiling | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| scrotwm | Minimal | C | BSD | Tiling and stacking | no titlebar buttons | No | Yes | No | No | Template:Won |
See also
References
- ↑ "NetWM - Blackbox". http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net/NetWM. "Blackbox releases up to and including version 0.65.0 follow the ICCCM standard, while 0.70 and later follow EWMH."
- ↑ FvwmTabs
- ↑ Fvwm Themes
- ↑ FVWM-Crystal
- ↑ evilwm Readme
- ↑ "evilwm - standards support". http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/standards.shtml. "evilwm releases following and including version 1.1.0 follow the EWMH standard."
External links
- Comparison of X window managers at Mark Hobley's GNU laboratory (From the United Kingdom of Great Britain Only)
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