Top 11 C++ window-manager Projects

polybar

279 13,508 7.9 C++

A fast and easy-to-use status bar

Project mention: Is there a way I can tell which exit node I am using from CLI in Linux? | /r/Tailscale | 2023-12-08

I'd like to just be able to write a short shell script to check if an exit node is in use, and then pipe that output into polybar which I use anyway. The problem is that I can't find an option in the tailscale Linux CLI client that will show me whether I'm using an exit node or not. Is there a way to do this?

wayfire

77 2,232 9.6 C++

A modular and extensible wayland compositor

Project mention: Cosmic Desktop: Hammering Out New Cosmic Features | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-18

Unusable until moving your mouse to the edges of the screen and clicking makes it hit the scrollbar, or the exit button. Right now it initiates a resize.
Illustrated example from a different compositor https://github.com/WayfireWM/wayfire/issues/570
It's the only DE I'm excited about it so I hope they fix that. Very very promising and the best part is that it made the GNOME people mad.
GNOME: "Sorry I don't see the use case for that, PR closed. Make your own project. "

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win-vind

20 1,646 9.1 C++

You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

Project mention: Win-Vind: Vim powers with speed of thought throughout Windows 11 | /r/patient_hackernews | 2023-11-14

herbstluftwm

32 1,070 4.0 C++

A manual tiling window manager for X11

Project mention: Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-12-29

It's exactly how it works but only if you have mutliple screens.
My comment was that, for this reason, 2 or 3 smaller (ish- ~27") 16:9 4k screens [1] (previously, 4–6 even smaller 4:3 screens) works much better for me because I can switch the spaces on my Macbook and i3/Sway virtual desktops on my Linux machine individually for each screen.
If we're talking about having a smaller number of giant screens it would need to be able to be partitioned into logical "zones" for virtual desktops to enable this way of managing sets of windows together, and I've not found anything that really does this, let alone does it well (though honorable mention to HerbstluftWM [2] which I think, with patience, could probably do something pretty close).
[1] preferably 16:10 but that seems to have died out as an aspect ratio :(
[2] https://herbstluftwm.org/

Hypr

2 981 3.9 C++

Hypr is a tiling window manager written in modern C++.
window_manager

2 641 6.8 C++

This plugin allows Flutter desktop apps to resizing and repositioning the window.
icewm

2 562 8.9 C++

A window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Louvre

3 443 9.2 C++

C++ library for building Wayland compositors. (by CuarzoSoftware)

Project mention: The shiny future of wayland & linux desktop. | /r/linuxmemes | 2023-12-11

🔶 Wayland a minimal and secure display server 🔷Louvre high-performance C++ library designed for building Wayland compositors Phoronix analysis for Louvre i know wlroots exist but i'm excited to try new compositors build by Louvre.

swayfire

2 171 0.0 C++

Sway/I3 inspired tiling window manager for Wayfire
blackboxwm

3 152 3.2 C++

A window manager for X11
MaslOS

3 86 7.9 C++

Masl OS

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).