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We've compiled a list of 25 free and paid alternatives to Ratpoison. The primary competitors include Openbox, i3. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Ratpoison and Fluxbox, Xmonad, dwm. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.
We've compiled a list of 25 free and paid alternatives to Ratpoison. The primary competitors include Openbox, i3. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Ratpoison and Fluxbox, Xmonad, dwm. Also you can look at other similar options here: OS and Utilities.
Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code.
xmonad is a dynamically tiling X11 window manager that is written and configured in Haskell.
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts.
A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.
A tiling Wayland window manager, written in Rust, configurable using Lua, and extendable with D-Bus.
Phoenix is a lightweight OS X window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript.
Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window...
Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window...
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Ratpoison is a simple window manager with no fat library dependencies, no fancy graphics, no window decorations, and no rodent dependence. The screen can be split into non-overlapping frames. All windows are kept maximized inside their frames to take full advantage of your precious screen real estate. All interaction with the window manager is done through keystrokes.
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