Which WM should I use ?

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  • i3

    Discontinued A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3. (by Airblader)

    i do believe a good start is i3 (or i3-gaps), it's not extremely hard to setup and a lot of people use it. also it comes with a reasonable start configuration and the "language" it is configured in isn't hard to read or understand.

  • bspwm

    A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

    my personal favourite is bspwm and sxhkd, together it's super satisfying for some reason.

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  • sxhkd

    Simple X hotkey daemon

    my personal favourite is bspwm and sxhkd, together it's super satisfying for some reason.

  • sway

    i3-compatible Wayland compositor

    If you dont use NVIDIA I recommend SwayWM over i3. It is a clone of i3 but it is a Wayland compositor instead of an X11 WM. I personally find it easier to use, and a bit higher quality (specifically, no issues with screen tearing or refresh rates on multi-monitor setups, which can be an issue on X11). This page highlights a few functional differences between sway and i3.

  • spectrwm

    A small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.

    Spectrwm is by far the most beginner-friendly WM I've ever tested. Im now running EXWM the buffers management is something else.

  • exwm

    Emacs X Window Manager

    Spectrwm is by far the most beginner-friendly WM I've ever tested. Im now running EXWM the buffers management is something else.

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