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GiMeSpace Desktop Extender vs herbstluftwm

GiMeSpace Desktop Extender

gimespace.com

herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm.org

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FigureGiMeSpace Desktop Extenderherbstluftwm
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYes—
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Plans published01
Spec score · Window Management Software5.7 (#59)8.1 (#12)

Plans

GiMeSpace Desktop Extender

No plans published.

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herbstluftwm

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GiMeSpace Desktop Extender

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herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for the X window system. Each virtual desktop, called a tag, has a tiling layer and a floating layer, allowing windows to occupy split frames or be placed freely. Frames can be divided into further subframes or filled with windows, and keyboard controls move, resize, and focus tiled and floating windows. Configuration runs through herbstclient and can be changed while the manager is running without a restart. Screen space can be divided into virtual monitors that need not match physical displays; monitors share a common pool of tags. The project is licensed under the Simplified BSD License and is listed as free at free. The download page lists packages for Linux distributions and Mac OS X via MacPorts, and confirms operation on Cygwin. The project also offers released source tarballs and links to its current development version. Community help is available through IRC, Reddit, GitHub issues, and a mailing list.

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