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Openbox vs Qtile

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

Openbox

Openbox

Os & Utilities

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU General Public License.

lightweightconfigurableextensiblegnu-gpl
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.

pythontilingkeyboard-shortcutslightweightflexiblescriptable

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