shelltile VS PaperWM

Compare shelltile vs PaperWM and see what are their differences.

shelltile

A tiling window extension for GNOME Shell (by emasab)

PaperWM

Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell (by paperwm)
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shelltile

Posts with mentions or reviews of shelltile. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-13.
  • Can Mutter (Gnome) somehow be swapped out with another window manager?
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 19 Mar 2023
    Did you try the shelltile extension?
  • Tiling window manager/DE
    5 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 13 Oct 2021
    About the tiling there are extensions that alleviate some of the issues that GNOME's default tiling has. WinTile is one that adds 4 corner tiling just like Windows 10, (although I had some problems with snapping in/out the top panel and ended up not using it. Perhaps one day native 4 corner tiling will be implemented). ShellTile, gTile, PaperWM and the Pop shell are some extensions that give GNOME some advanced tiling capabilities. I personally don't use them as I'm happy with the default stacking GNOME workflow and prefer to use a standalone Tiling WM like sway if I need to, but I see the value in having a Tiling WM in GNOME and these are some of the extensions I've heard the most positive things.
  • Simple ultrawidescreen tiling extension suggestion
    4 projects | /r/gnome | 4 Oct 2021
    Shelltile is another one: https://github.com/emasab/shelltile

PaperWM

Posts with mentions or reviews of PaperWM. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-30.
  • Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
    35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023
  • PaperWM: Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Nov 2023
  • Rethinking Window Management in Gnome
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jul 2023
  • Why doesn't Gnome have native tiling?
    1 project | /r/gnome | 10 Jun 2023
    But with auto-tiling you need to place windows according to a pre-set configuration, it needs to fit whatever layout you want to go for and it needs to be able to resize the window without breaking the content. This works pretty well for libadwaita apps, but a lot of webapps seem to assume a certain minimum window size. Another issue is how to handle modal dialogues, where paperwm for example sets an override to ensure they're not attached to the main window. Should the settings window then be treated as a separate window and tiled, or should it be left floating above all others?
  • PaperWM – Scrolling Window Manager for Gnome
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 May 2023
  • Fedora is really good
    1 project | /r/Fedora | 18 Apr 2023
    I like Gnome's simplicity, agree with most of its deviations from the tired old Windowsy desktop status quo, and am very happy to depend on all its great integration work. I can't quite live with the simplistic window management, but extensions cover that (as they do much else). With Fedora + Gnome + PaperWM, I'm quite at peace with the current linux desktop situation.
  • Bismuth likely going to be deprecated after 5.27
    2 projects | /r/kde | 31 Jan 2023
    Still I'm looking forward for something like PaperWM to be possible in KDE - or even to write it by myself
  • Elementary OS 7
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 31 Jan 2023
    I have noticed in one of your comments in this thread that you are looking for novel ideas of the UI look. As others commenters stated, you might be interested in tiling window managers like i3 [0] or sway [1]. They are truly a gem for productivity and sometimes for an eye [2].

    However, I love the concept of scrollable window manager like PaperWM [3] is. When I had a smaller screen (24" 16:9) I was complaining a lot on unused space on my screen. With PaperWM I was finally happy with its dimensions, because I could have huge IDE on the left and small part of terminal displayed on the right. That way I knew if something was printed to terminal, while my editor took 80% of the screen.

    [0]: https://i3wm.org/

    [1]: https://swaywm.org/

    [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/

    [3]: https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

  • How do i make linux not just a different version of windows
    4 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 18 Jan 2023
    If you want something really different, give PaperWM a shot.
  • 2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop
    3 projects | /r/linux | 25 Dec 2022
    You may want to try PaperWM (GNOME extension) https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

What are some alternatives?

When comparing shelltile and PaperWM you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-shell-wsmatrix - GNOME shell extension to arrange workspaces in a two-dimensional grid with workspace thumbnails

material-shell - A modern desktop interface for Linux. Improve your user experience and get rid of the anarchy of traditional desktop workflows. Designed to simplify navigation and reduce the need to manipulate windows in order to improve productivity. It's meant to be 100% predictable and bring the benefits of tools coveted by professionals to everyone.

UltrawideWindows - KWin script to move windows quickly

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator - Adds KStatusNotifierItem support to the Shell

kwin-tiling - Tiling script for kwin

shell - Pop!_OS Shell

Rectangle - Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas

Grid-Tiling-Kwin - A kwin script that automatically tiles windows

cardboard

workspacer - a tiling window manager for Windows

bismuth - KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

fancywm - FancyWM - Dynamic Tiling Window Manager for Windows