gTile
A window tiling extension for Gnome. (by gTile)
xpytile
Automatic / dynamic window tiling for XFCE (by jaywilkas)
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13 | 16 | |
1,551 | 92 | |
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8.2 | 3.0 | |
25 days ago | 11 months ago | |
TypeScript | Python | |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
gTile
Posts with mentions or reviews of gTile.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-28.
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Divvy / GTile like behavior
Gnome has an awesome plugin called gTile, and for Windows/Mac there is a very similar plugin known as Divvy Is there anything similar available for AwesomeWM?
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Best TWM for beginner?
If you're using Gnome, one alternative I'd offer is gTile. It's a Gnome extension that gets you some decent tiling features, including aesthetic gaps.
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List of extensions already working with Gnome 42
Here is link number 1 - Previous text "PR"
It seems there is a PR already available to support Gnome 42. I hope it gets merged.
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Looking for a FancyZones-like tiling manager for Linux
Try this: https://github.com/gTile/gTile
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GNOME 40 is released!
I've been using gTile with decent results, though it has historically broken for me at most gnome-shell version upgrades in the 30s. So far so good for 40 though!
xpytile
Posts with mentions or reviews of xpytile.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-03.
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How to use dwm in xfce session
It might be easier to use something like xpytile within XFCE to handle the keyboard handling. Read about it here: https://github.com/jaywilkas/xpytile
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Tiling in XFCE?
like shinglify or xpytile.
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Windows-like quarter tiling on xfce4?
You can request the feature at xfce's gitlab, or write your own script to handle windows however you want. Here are some pre-existing scripts you can try or use for inspiration: x-tile, xpytile.
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Best TWM for beginner?
Without too much disruption to your install, you could try xpytile https://github.com/jaywilkas/xpytile/ within your current DE for a few weeks to see if it works, sort of as a transition if you decide to move forward.
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How hard are Window Managers to use?
You may also want to try xpytile https://github.com/jaywilkas/xpytile/ or zentile https://github.com/blrsn/zentile
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gTile or equivalent
As an alternative tiling helper for XFCE I would suggest xpytile.
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Shinglify - Tiling window manager within XFCE
If you like, take a look at xpytile ( https://github.com/jaywilkas/xpytile/ ) This pseudo tiling window manager is (in practise) for XFCE only, written in Python.
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With r/xfce support, I created a little Window Snapping app for Xfce (and the X Window Server)
When you are looking for an auto-tiling program for XFCE, then perhapy you might want to check out xpytile . This tiling helper also resizes side-by-side / docked windows.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing gTile and xpytile you can also consider the following projects:
wintile - Windows 10 window tiling for GNOME
shinglify
snappyzones - a Linux window manager based on Microsoft's FancyZones
stretchly - The break time reminder app
i3ass - A collection of shell scripts to ease the use of i3wm
x-tile - X Tile
layout-machi - AwesomeWM manual layout with an interactive editor
Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas
gnome-clipboard-history - Gnome Clipboard History is a clipboard manager Gnome extension that saves what you've copied into an easily accessible, searchable history panel.
projects
dotfiles - Dotfiles for my setup with i3
gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect - KDE Connect implementation for GNOME