Spectrwm

Name: spectrwm
Author: Sugggest

spectrwm is a small, dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It tries to stay out of the way so that valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff. It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any configuration. It was written by

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Spectrwm: Dynamic Tiling Window Manager for X11

A lightweight, hacker-friendly window manager for X11, offering sane defaults and easy configuration, perfect for those who value speed and simplicity.

What is Spectrwm?

spectrwm is a minimalistic dynamic tiling window manager for X11, largely inspired by xmonad and dwm. spectrwm stresses simplicity and space-efficiency, and was developed with hackers and GPU-hungry users in mind.

Some key features of spectrwm include:

Dynamic tiling - it automatically tiles windows to make optimal use of screen space
Keyboard-driven - operations like opening, closing and arranging windows can be done entirely from the keyboard
Lightweight - consumes very few system resources so more can be devoted to apps
Customizable - can be configured via plain text files to change keybindings, theming, etc.
Supports multiple monitors
Supports floating windows mode in addition to tiling

As a dynamic window manager optimized for keyboard use and efficiency, spectrwm can improve workflow for developers, programmers, and power users who need to run multiple apps and workspaces at once. The minimal setup reduces distractions so you can focus on coding, graphics work, terminal windows or whatever tasks are required.