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Actual Window Manager vs Qtile

Actual Window Manager

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Qtile

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FigureActual Window ManagerQtile
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WindowsYes—
Linux—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published11
Spec score · Window Management Software8.1 (#10)7.5 (#30)

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Actual Window Manager

  • Actual Window Manager$59.95, paid once

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Qtile

  • Free and open-sourceFree

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Qtile

Qtile is a free tiling window manager for Linux, written and configured entirely in Python. It runs as a window manager on X11 and as a compositor on Wayland; the Wayland backend uses wlroots. Users can create layouts and widgets, use built-in commands, and define application rules, window groups and virtual desktop controls. Its command shell allows Qtile to be inspected and managed, while remote scripting can configure workspaces, manipulate windows and update status-bar widgets. The stable version can be installed from PyPI with `uv tool install qtile`. The project also provides installation guides for Arch, Fedora, Funtoo, Ubuntu/Debian, Slackware, FreeBSD and NixOS. Qtile is distributed under the MIT license. Its stated runtime aim is to support the last three CPython versions and usually the latest stable PyPy. The official release is positioned for users seeking stability; the development version has newer features but may contain bugs. Support is available through GitHub Discussions, IRC and Discord, with Discord bridged to IRC.

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