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bspwm vs Qtile

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

Qtile

Development

Qtile is a tiling window manager for Linux that is written in Python. It allows you to arrange your windows in a grid or stacking layout and provides keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate between them. Qtile is designed to be lightweight, flexible, and scriptable.

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