lxqt vs lwqt-session

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lxqt		lwqt-session
	Project
40	Mentions	4
1,559	Stars	5
1.8%	Growth	-
3.2	Activity	0.0
6 days ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Shell	Language	C++
-	License	GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.

lxqt

Posts with mentions or reviews of lxqt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-13.

Is it possible to add this feature?
1 project | /r/LXQt | 7 May 2023

You are probably using Openbox as a window manager which does not provide this feature.. Replace Openbox with Xfwm4 (window manager of Xfce) or Kwin (window manager of KDE Plasma). See: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers
Problem with maximized window with two or more displays
1 project | /r/LXQt | 16 Apr 2023

I don't know your issue as I can't quite picture what you're describing sorry, but it does remind me of some issues with openbox (eg. https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/1704). Swapping out openbox as the WM will resolve the issue.
Release 1.3.0 · lxqt/lxqt
1 project | /r/LinuxUserSpace | 15 Apr 2023
Why do popular distros treat any of their "KDE Editions" or flavours as second class citizens?
1 project | /r/linux | 17 Feb 2023

Yes, but also it relays on KDE, at least a little bit.
Does anyone think wayland will actually be the future?
2 projects | /r/linux | 13 Dec 2022
Replacing xscreensaver lock with xsecurelock?
1 project | /r/Lubuntu | 5 Nov 2022

I found this LXQt wiki page, ConfigScreensavers, so I tried the provided suggestions:
lxqt and screen locking
1 project | /r/LXQt | 5 Nov 2022

Configuring lock_command should work. See more on https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigScreensavers.
It is posible compile the latest version of LXQt for Debian 11?
1 project | /r/debian | 18 Oct 2022

Here's all you need to know and do to build from source: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/Building-from-source
How can you run Wayland on LXQt ?
4 projects | /r/LXQt | 5 Sep 2022
With rise of wayland, are simpler window managers dying?
14 projects | /r/linux | 26 Aug 2022

LXQt: I think they are working on it but not sure how far along they have gotten https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/10

lwqt-session

Posts with mentions or reviews of lwqt-session. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-05.

How can you run Wayland on LXQt ?
4 projects | /r/LXQt | 5 Sep 2022

If you update your system to prefer this, this and this repository, then you should be able to build this, this and this. After that, you should then be able to run
More than ever, GNOME and Plasma are getting way ahead of other desktop environments
6 projects | /r/linux | 12 Apr 2022

MATE & LXQt already have partial Wayland support. Ubuntu MATE team is using Mir to run MATE on Wayland. Upstream LXQt wants to use KWin but a developer already runs LWQt on Mutter. Expect them on Wayland soon. Cinnamon is going to rebase muffin on a newer version of Mutter, which may bring Wayland support with it. With the move to CSDs, Xfce seems to also start work on Wayland support not too far away in the future. While Xorg will continue to thrive, the way to Wayland isn’t that convoluted anymore.
LWQt 1.0.0-1.3 released
4 projects | /r/linux | 6 Mar 2022

LWQt Session 1.0.0-1.3
LWQt Wayland DE 2nd Demo
5 projects | /r/LXQt | 12 Jan 2022

There are now binary packages for LWQt Mutter, LWQt KWindowSystem, LWQt QtWayland, LWQt Session, LWQt Panel, and LWQt PCManFM.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing lxqt and lwqt-session you can also consider the following projects:

docklike-plugin - A Dock-like Taskbar Plugin for XFCE

qtwayland - A toolbox for making Qt based Wayland compositors

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

mutter - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter

lwqt-panel - The LXQt desktop panel

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

adwaita-qt - A style to bend Qt applications to look like they belong into GNOME Shell

imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

xviewer - A generic Image viewer

dash-to-panel - An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+. A separate dock is no longer needed for easy access to running and favorited applications.

lwqt-pcmanfm - File manager and desktop icon manager (Qt port of PCManFM and libfm)