Window manager suggestion for arch newbie

1. endeavouros-i3wm-setup

   1 12 526 6.7 Shell

   The beloved EndeavourOS default i3 (has gaps) theme and setup dotfile repo

   

2. SaaSHub

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   SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

   

3. dotfiles

   2 11 59 4.6 Lua

   my dotfiles for my dev setup (by EuCaue)

   

   my dots

4. awesomewm-config

   3 40 439 6.0 Lua

   RAVEN2CZ: AwesomeWM Configuration, Libraries and Themes.

   

   my guides and project here: https://github.com/raven2cz/awesomewm-config

5. blackboxwm

   4 3 191 3.2 C++

   A window manager for X11

   

   I loved Blackbox's configuration, however it's been deprecated in favor of Openbox, which is WAY less friendly. BB has a modern fork which works for the most part, but expect corner-cases.

6. i3

   5 207 10,540 7.3 C

   A tiling window manager for X11

   

   i3 is probably the most well-documented and well-supported, and has a pretty simple configuration syntax.

7. ly

   6 44 7,519 9.4 Zig

   A lightweight TUI (ncurses-like) display manager for Linux and BSD (mirror of https://codeberg.org/fairyglade/ly).

   

   In general, it's tough to go too wrong, and with a good display manager you should be able to switch between them painlessly for experimenting with. (I like ly for a minimal setup!)

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