Lightweight Window Manager

Metacity is a lightweight window manager written by Havoc Pennington from Red Hat. The first version was 2.3, which was released in 2001. Metacity is implemented with the GTK+ 2.x toolkit, and so integrates well with the GNOME 2.x platform. In fact the intention is to remove the traditional... Platforms: *nix

dynamic window manager or dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that wmii is too clunky for my needs. I dont need so many funky features and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only want to manage my... Platforms: *nix

Multi-Cursor Window Manager is a modified Unix window manager which provides multiple cursors. This allows multiple users to simultaneously interact with a Unix desktop environment. Using a modified x2x client users can capture the keyboard and mouse input from their workstation and send to... Platforms: *nix

Window Manager Icons purpose of the wm-icons project is to provide a themeable icon distribution for window managers.. Platforms: *nix

Web Window Manager is a PHP set of classes for dynamic window managment and creation inside a web application. They pvovide you a lot of possibilities when you are workinh with dynamic web sites. Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, PHP, BSD Solaris

JavaScript PHP Window Manager aims to provide a simple web based window manager, using JPSpan and wz_dragdrop. Platforms: Windows, Mac, *nix, JavaScript, BSD Solaris

Golem is a lightweight, fast window manager for X11 which is very customizable. Golems development has stagnated for a while and Jordan has given the project to Bruce Ashfield. Bruce is currently working on a new release which will have some existing patches applied.. Platforms: *nix

Chameleon Window Manager Lite will allow you to control the windows of your programs using customizable buttons added to the title bars of the windows (Always on Top, Minimize to Tray, Minimize to Caption, Specify Transparency, Position window at left/right of screen).The interface supports skins... Platforms: Windows

Auto Window Manager automatically manages any window you specify. For instance, some web browsers open up in a non-maximized window. Using Auto Window Manager, you can set those windows to automatically maximize (minimize, normal, minimize to tray, stay on top) every time they opened. It works... Platforms: Windows

Simple and lightweight tiling and floating window manager for X11. Started as a dwm fork with easier configuration, echinus became full-featured reparenting window manager with EWMH support. * easily configurable with one file in Xresources format * supports minimal subset of EWMH to be usable... Platforms: *nix

Window Maker is an X11 window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment. In every way possible, it reproduces the elegant look and feel of the NEXTSTEP[tm] user interface. It is fast, feature rich, easy to configure, and easy to use. It is also... Platforms: *nix

wmget is a dock app for the Window Maker window manager which makes it more convenient to perform long downloads in the background. It uses the excellent libcurl library, part of the cURL automated-download program, to perform file retrieval. This is useful if, like me, you tend to have dozens... Platforms: *nix

AfterStep is a window manager for the Unix X Window System. Originally based on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface, it provides end users with a consistent, clean, and elegant desktop. AfterSteps goal is to provide for flexibility of desktop configuration, improving aestetics, and... Platforms: *nix

Toyd is an advanced next-generation Window Manager. Toyd is built on top of Aoof-Wm, an Advanced Object Oriented Framework designed specifically for the development of portable Window Management systems.. Platforms: *nix

VWM project is an extensible window manager for the console. Built on top of libpseudo and libviper, VWM is more visual alternative to Screen. Mozilla-style plugins allow for simple expandability: follow a few simple API rules and drop your shared object into a directory to have it added to the... Platforms: *nix

evilwm is a minimalist window manager for the X Window System. Minimalist here doesnt mean its too bare to be usable - it just means it omits a lot of the stuff that make other window managers unusable.. Platforms: *nix

Compiz is a compositing window manager that uses 3D graphics acceleration via OpenGL. The project provides various new graphical effects and features on any desktop environment, including Gnome and KDE. - Window management has never looked so enticing: Through OpenGL accelerated compositing,... Platforms: *nix

So its not a desktop and doesnt offer you a huge pile of useless options, just the facilities needed to run your X applications and at the same time having a friendly and easy to use interface. Objectives Pawm goals are to be simple, small and functional. Thats important, small :), there are... Platforms: *nix

aewm is a minimalist window manager for X11. It has no nifty features, but is light on resources and extremely simple in appearance. It should eventually make a good reference implementation of the ICCCM. A few separate programs are included to handle running programs, switching between... Platforms: *nix

FVWM project is an extremely powerful ICCCM-compliant multiple virtual desktop window manager for the X Window system. Development is active, and support is excellent. Check it out!. The Official FVWM Home Page Platforms: *nix