Comparison of X window managers
This article compares variety of different X window managers. For an introduction to the topic, see X Window System.
Features
| Name | Configurable titlebar buttons | Graphical configuration | Hotkeys | ICCCM/EWMH compliant | Panel for window switching | Tabbed windows | Themeable |
| 9wm | |||||||
| aewm | |||||||
| awesome | |||||||
| Blackbox | |||||||
| bspwm | |||||||
| Compiz | |||||||
| CTWM | |||||||
| cwm | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| dwm | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| Enlightenment | |||||||
| no titlebar buttons | |||||||
| Fluxbox | |||||||
| FLWM | |||||||
| FVWM | |||||||
| herbstluftwm | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| i3 | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| IceWM | |||||||
| Ion | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| JWM | |||||||
| KWin (KDE) | |||||||
| Matchbox | |||||||
| Metacity | |||||||
| Mutter | |||||||
| Motif Window Manager | |||||||
| Openbox | |||||||
| PlayWM | |||||||
| Qtile | |||||||
| Ratpoison | |||||||
| Sawfish | primitive | ||||||
| no titlebar buttons | |||||||
| spectrwm | no titlebar buttons | ||||||
| StumpWM | |||||||
| twm | |||||||
| uwm | |||||||
| Window Maker | |||||||
| Wingo | |||||||
| WMFS | |||||||
| wmii | |||||||
| Xfwm (Xfce) | |||||||
| xmonad | |||||||
| Name | Configurable titlebar buttons | Graphical configuration | Hotkeys | ICCCM/EWMH compliant | Panel for window switching | Tabbed windows | Themeable |