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Open-source projects categorized as Suckless

Top 23 Suckless Open-Source Projects

  1. chadwm

    Making dwm as beautiful as possible!

    Project mention: Suckless.org: software that sucks less | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-21
  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. dwm-flexipatch

    A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time

  4. clipmenu

    Clipboard management using dmenu

  5. dotfiles

    dotfiles for my beautiful rices! (OUTDATED BUT WORKS) (by siduck)

  6. pycopy

    Pycopy - a minimalist and memory-efficient Python dialect. Good for desktop, cloud, constrained systems, microcontrollers, and just everything.

  7. picotui

    Lightweight, pure-Python Text User Interface (TUI) widget toolkit with minimal dependencies. Dedicated to the Pycopy project.

  8. nsxiv

    Read-only mirror of Neo Simple X Image Viewer

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. st

    snazzy terminal (suckless + beautiful) (by siduck)

  11. xst

    st fork that uses Xresources and some pretty good patches

  12. libschrift

    A lightweight TrueType font rendering library

  13. pdwm

    full animation supported, easy configurable (uses shared library) dwm fork with a control center (pdwmc)

  14. st-flexipatch

    An st build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time

  15. uzlib

    Radically unbloated DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression/decompression library. Can decompress any gzip/zlib data, and offers simplified compressor which produces gzip-compatible output, while requiring much less resources (and providing less compression ratio of course).

  16. kunst

    Download and display album art or display embedded album art

  17. phyOS-iso

    phyOS iso image, click for details

  18. patches

    Collection of patches for dwm, st and dmenu (by bakkeby)

  19. awesome-linux-minimalism

    awesome linux minimalism suggestions

  20. pycopy-lib

    Standard library of the Pycopy project, minimalist and light-weight Python language implementation

  21. dwmblocks-async

    An efficient, lean, and asynchronous status feed generator for dwm.

  22. dbin

    📦 Poor man's package manager. +4164 statically linked binaries in the default repos (amd64/arm64/riscv)! The easy to use, easy to get, suckless software distribution system.

    Project mention: dbin: The easy to use, easy to get, suckless software distribution system | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-30
  23. sfm

    simple file manager

    Project mention: Sfm: Simple (suckless) file manager for Unix-like systems in C | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-13
  24. libudev-zero

    Daemonless replacement for libudev

  25. slstatus

    mirror from suckless.org. send patches to [email protected] mailing list. NO PRs

  26. SaaSHub

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

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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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    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Oct 2024
  • Chadwm: Making Dwm as Beautiful as Possible

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Jul 2024
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  • patch to center tiled windows on the stack

    1 project | /r/suckless | 27 Aug 2023
  • ChadWM crashes when changing tags using multi-monitor

    1 project | /r/suckless | 25 Aug 2023
  • Git Workflow with Applying Patches

    1 project | /r/dwm | 26 Jun 2023
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    www.influxdata.com | 13 Jul 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Suckless projects? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 chadwm 2,678
2 dwm-flexipatch 1,243
3 clipmenu 1,196
4 dotfiles 968
5 pycopy 812
6 picotui 810
7 nsxiv 728
8 st 692
9 xst 542
10 libschrift 515
11 pdwm 424
12 st-flexipatch 412
13 uzlib 327
14 kunst 313
15 phyOS-iso 304
16 patches 299
17 awesome-linux-minimalism 288
18 pycopy-lib 253
19 dwmblocks-async 246
20 dbin 245
21 sfm 240
22 libudev-zero 224
23 slstatus 211

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