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herbstluftwm vs Sizer

herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm.org

Sizer

brianapps.net

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FigureherbstluftwmSizer
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial——
Open source——
Windows—Yes
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
Plans published10
Spec score · Window Management Software8.1 (#12)5.3 (#63)

Plans

herbstluftwm

  • herbstluftwmFree

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Sizer

No plans published.

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In their own words

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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Sizer

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

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