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A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

19 mentions on Hacker News by 14 people: 3 stories, 16 comments · first 2015-04-07 · latest 2025-03-12

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  1. For X11: Binary Space Partitioning WM https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
    comment by thugcee · 2025-03-12 · in The Future Is Niri
  2. …thing" but rather a difference in approach which adds up over many small design decisions. [1]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/issues/563 [2]: https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai/issues/505 [3]: from my own personal yabai config -…
  3. …so anyone is free to fork it and change it if they dislike the bspwm architecture that much. [1]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm#description
  4. …I don't see myself switching from X anytime soon. Please support the author if you have the means: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/blob/master/doc/CONTRIB...
  5. …of individual applications is a thing of the past. [1]: https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd [2]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm#description [3]: https://github.com/LGUG2Z/komorebi-application-specific-conf... [4]:…
  6. …more full featured packed window managers which will introduce you to more advanced topics: - https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm - https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm - https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ -…
  7. …manager. Have been using it almost exclusively for the last 2 years without too many problems. [1] https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
    comment by POiNTx · 2021-10-08 · in XMonad – The Automated Tiling WM
  8. …Obviously it's just one take on the matter, but it's a credible one based on their background: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/issues/199#issuecomment...
    comment by saladuh · 2021-09-07 · in Switching to the i3 window manager
  9. …maintained. Pure gems of the open source world. Please consider donating to support the author: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm/blob/master/doc/CONTRIB... (I have no affiliation, just a very happy user.) This WM is the only thing…
  10. bspwm https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
  11. …for years. But re: zero analytics, aren't you curious how many people use the app at a minimum? [1] https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
  12. …experience (anecdotal, to be sure) regarding your brittleness concerns with this interface. [0]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm [1]: https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd
    comment by imiric · 2017-11-04 · in Command line interfaces are reified UIs
  13. …though (tint2 didn't work out of the box with bspwm, lemonbar was too hacky for my taste). [0] https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm [1] https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd
  14. …well with [3] xmobar for a very clean and lightweight desktop, well suited for ArchLinux. [1] https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm [2] https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd [3] https://github.com/jaor/xmobar
  15. bspwm [0] + sxhkd [1] [0] https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm [1] https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd
    comment by executesorder66 · 2016-03-14 · in Ask HN: What are some examples of beautiful software?
  16. …with the window manager. bspwm is by far my favourite window manager, in any OS I have used. [1]: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
    comment by Saser · 2015-12-22 · in Kwm, tiling window manager for OS X