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herbstluftwm vs Qtile

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

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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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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