Top 10 JavaScript window-manager Projects

winbox

18 6,102 6.6 JavaScript

WinBox is a modern HTML5 window manager for the web: lightweight, outstanding performance, no dependencies, fully customizable, open source!

Project mention: WinBox is a modern HTML5 window manager for the web: lightweight, outstanding performance, no dependencies, fully customizable, open source | /r/u_Superb_Possible_1227 | 2023-04-28

PaperWM

37 2,614 9.8 JavaScript

Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell

Project mention: Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-30

SurveyJS

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dotfiles

6 783 3.8 JavaScript

i3 + Plasma: using the i3 window manager on the top of KDE Plasma and other dotfiles, configurations, scripts, workarounds and practises from my Debian Sid machines. (by avivace)
forge

5 717 8.9 JavaScript

Forge - Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell (by forge-ext)

Project mention: Forge: Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-10

tabby

2 257 3.6 JavaScript

A web extension for managing great amounts of windows and tabs at ease. (by Bill13579)
rebornxp

4 54 8.8 JavaScript

The nostalgic Windows XPerience right in your browser!

Project mention: Windows XP HTML | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-31

KWin-window-positioning-scripts

7 47 0.0 JavaScript

KWin scripts controlling window placement on multi-monitor setups
WorkOS

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winger

1 39 8.4 JavaScript

Window Manager: A Firefox web extension for switching windows and moving tabs between windows
KWin-window-geometry-scripts

2 17 1.1 JavaScript

KWin scripts to control window geometry via keyboard shortcuts
floating-tiles

10 14 0.0 JavaScript

KWin script to prevent windows from overlapping

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). The latest post mention was on 2024-03-31.

JavaScript window-manager related posts

PaperWM: Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Nov 2023
Ask HN: What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Aug 2023
Why doesn't Gnome have native tiling?
1 project | /r/gnome | 10 Jun 2023
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
Bismuth likely going to be deprecated after 5.27
2 projects | /r/kde | 31 Jan 2023
2022 was the year of Linux on the Desktop
3 projects | /r/linux | 25 Dec 2022
A note from our sponsor - SurveyJS
surveyjs.io | 19 Apr 2024

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Index

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

	Project	Stars
1	winbox	6,102
2	PaperWM	2,614
3	dotfiles	783
4	forge	717
5	tabby	257
6	rebornxp	54
7	KWin-window-positioning-scripts	47
8	winger	39
9	KWin-window-geometry-scripts	17
10	floating-tiles	14