C++ window-manager

Open-source C++ projects categorized as window-manager

Top 14 C++ window-manager Projects

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  • polybar

    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?

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  • wayfire

    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. "

  • win-vind

    You can operate Windows with key bindings like Vim.

  • herbstluftwm

    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

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

  • window_manager

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

  • icewm

    A window manager designed for speed, usability, and consistency

  • Louvre

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

    Project mention: Louvre v2.0.0 Release (C++ Wayland Compositor Library) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-06-11
  • basic_wm

    An example basic X11 window manager.

  • node-window-manager

    Manage windows in Windows, macOS and Linux using Node.js

  • swayfire

    Sway/I3 inspired tiling window manager for Wayfire

  • blackboxwm

    A window manager for X11

  • powerkit

    Desktop Independent Power Manager

  • MaslOS

    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).

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  • Is there a way I can tell which exit node I am using from CLI in Linux?

    1 project | /r/Tailscale | 8 Dec 2023
  • No monitor specified error

    1 project | /r/Polybar | 12 Nov 2023
  • Wayfire (a Wayland compositor) 0.8.0 announcement

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Oct 2023
  • I'm ending the WM/DE discussion... PERMANENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 28 Jun 2023
  • 長年MacだったからWindows試しに買ってみたんだけど

    1 project | /r/lowlevelaware | 11 Jun 2023
  • Is wayland still bad with Nvidia?

    1 project | /r/archlinux | 31 May 2023
  • Polybar setup on XFCE

    1 project | /r/xfce | 29 May 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source window-manager projects in C++? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 polybar 14,233
2 wayfire 2,440
3 win-vind 1,968
4 herbstluftwm 1,104
5 Hypr 1,104
6 window_manager 725
7 icewm 596
8 Louvre 535
9 basic_wm 497
10 node-window-manager 404
11 swayfire 172
12 blackboxwm 169
13 powerkit 97
14 MaslOS 91

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