conformal/spectrwm
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A small dynamic tiling window manager for X11.
7 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 1 story, 6 comments · first 2021-01-17 · latest 2026-09-24
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…for the special app invocation and perhaps add a protected region to keep normal windows out. https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm And a rendered manual https://manpages.debian.org/trixie/spectrwm/spectrwm.1.en.ht... I had fun figuring it…
comment by somat · 2026-09-24 · in Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop -
…you but the question nerd sniped me to try it as an exercise in my preferred tiling WM spectrwm. https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm This lets it act as a sort of toolbar, present on all workspaces. in .spectrwmrc add #shrink the region…
comment by somat · 2025-05-16 · in GTK Krell Monitors -
…sweet spot for a tilling WM between "more configurable than dwm" and "less configurable than i3" https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm Plus I find it handles multiple monitors well.
comment by somat · 2025-01-31 · in Rubywm: An X11 window manager in pure Ruby -
…it fills this sweet spot where it is much simpler than I3 but more feature complete than DWM. https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm
comment by somat · 2023-06-18 · in Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS? -
…- https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm - https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ - https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm Gradually as you get more familiar with the ecosystem a few questions will come up: Should I use X11 or XCB? - I…
comment by liveprogramming · 2021-11-03 · in How X Window Managers Work, and How to Write One (2014) -
…my backup. qitle is now in my OS repo, so I don't need to build and install my self anymore. 1: https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm That said, many thanks to xmonad for opening a path and inspiring other projects
comment by yonrg · 2021-10-08 · in XMonad – The Automated Tiling WM