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Qtile vs wmii

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

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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wmii

wmii

Os & Utilities

wmii is a dynamic tiling window manager for X. It supports classic and stacking window layouts and aims to be fast, small and configurable. wmii works well for users who want a minimalist window manager.

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