Skip to content
SPECIFICTION
Get listed

Bluetile vs IceWM

Bluetile

bluetile.org

IceWM

ice-wm.org

Side by side

FigureBluetileIceWM
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
LinuxYesYes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published01
Spec score · Window Management Software7.2 (#42)8.2 (#8)
CustomizationBluetile can be configured by editing ~/.bluetilerc.IceWM is configurable and themeable, and the site says more than 450 themes are available to download.
InstallationThe site says Bluetile is available through some Linux distributions and Hackage, and documents installation with Cabal.The site provides instructions to download the source archive, configure it, build it, and install it.
LicenseHackage lists the package under the BSD-3-Clause license.IceWM and its documentation are covered by the GNU LGPL license.
ProductBluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux designed to integrate with GNOME.IceWM is a window manager for the X Window System, designed for speed, simplicity, and minimal interference.
Window controlsIt supports maximizing and minimizing windows in all layouts.Windows can be managed by keyboard and mouse, iconified to the taskbar, tray, or desktop, or hidden.

Plans

Bluetile

No plans published.

Bluetile pricing →

IceWM

  • IceWMFree

IceWM pricing →

In their own words

Bluetile

Bluetile has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Visit bluetile.org

IceWM

IceWM has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

Visit ice-wm.org