sowm

An itsy bitsy floating window manager (220~ sloc!). (by dylanaraps)

Sowm Alternatives

Similar projects and alternatives to sowm

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a better sowm alternative or higher similarity.

sowm reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of sowm. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-24.
  • XFCE live usb(i686) is using almost 200mb of memory on boot?
    1 project | /r/voidlinux | 15 Feb 2023
    To add to the comment above, if memory is all you care about, I managed to get it down to 75MB once with custom kernel and sowm.
  • any patch that entirely removes the bar?
    1 project | /r/dwm | 8 Jun 2022
  • How does dwm spawn() work exactly?
    1 project | /r/dwm | 6 May 2022
    You can check https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm It will be handy to you to understand how Dwm works
  • How hard would it be to make my own window manager?
    5 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 24 Apr 2022
    Or sowm.
  • Think this beast can run Linux?
    1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 11 Feb 2022
    I managed to get 75mb with X session on Void. (sowm + minimal kernel)
  • Suckless desktop starter pack, how to start?
    2 projects | /r/suckless | 3 Feb 2022
    Then perhaps you should have a look at sowm. It is a fork (if you can still call it that) of dwm that has no tiling support and no bar.
  • what linux distro is recommended for my slow pc?
    2 projects | /r/linux4noobs | 28 Nov 2021
    If you are r/linux4noobs then you probably won't be able to get it running but... I managed to get voidlinux with sowm and a custom kernel to 70MB memory usage.
  • Asking for a really lightweight distro for me to learn linux with.
    1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 18 Nov 2021
  • How X Window Managers Work, and How to Write One
    14 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Nov 2021
    This is a great article and I remember reading it numerous times while I was implementing my own window manager.

    For someone interested in working on a really fun and rewarding hobby project a WM is a great one to look into since there are so many resources starting from really small implementations:

    - https://github.com/mackstann/tinywm

    - https://github.com/venam/2bwm

    - https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm

    - https://github.com/dcat/swm

    - https://github.com/JLErvin/berry

    Which are great at introducing the concepts and allowing you to grok the required libraries.

    There are also a bunch of more full featured window managers which will introduce you to more advanced topics:

    - https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm

    - https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm

    - https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/

    - https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm

    Gradually as you get more familiar with the ecosystem a few questions will come up:

    Should I use X11 or XCB? - I personally used XCB and didn't find it too difficult to interface with, and there are a large number of implementations which use it (2bwm, bspwm, ratpoison, etc) so you shouldn't have an issue with learning more about it. But the documentation is pretty limited. If you are just wanting to write a toy WM than X11 is perfectly fine.

    X or Wayland? - If you're wanting to write your first WM as a hobby project than I would recommend X over wayland just due to the much larger amount of reference material and documentation. You will have a much easier time getting your feet wet. Ignore the comments about X dying as it doesn't really matter for a hobby project, since the whole point is to have fun.

    Feel free to check out my window manager which is an example of what just reading this blog post and getting inspired can result in: https://github.com/cfrank/natwm

  • Is Debian 11 XFCE a good choice for an old laptop?
    1 project | /r/debian | 1 Nov 2021
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dylanaraps/sowm is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of sowm is C.


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