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bspwm vs chunkwm

A side-by-side look at bspwm and chunkwm. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

bspwm

bspwm

Os & Utilities

bspwm is a lightweight, keyboard-driven tiling window manager for Linux. It organizes windows in a binary space partitioning layout for efficient use of screen space. Configuration is done mostly through external scripts rather than built-in settings.

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chunkwm

chunkwm

Os & Utilities

chunkwm is an open-source tiling window manager for macOS that allows you to tile and snap windows similar to how window managers work on Linux and Windows. It provides keyboard shortcuts and configuration options to manage window layouts efficiently.

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