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bspwm vs herbstluftwm

A side-by-side look at bspwm and herbstluftwm. 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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herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm

Os & Utilities

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib. It arranges windows in a grid by default and allows you to switch between layouts using tags and monitors. It features gaps, tabbed or stacked windows, split layouts, floating windows and more.

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