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-===== About =====+====== Window manager ======
  
 The **window manager** manages the creation, manipulation, and destruction of on-screen windows and window decorations in Xorg. The **window manager** manages the creation, manipulation, and destruction of on-screen windows and window decorations in Xorg.
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 ! style="background-color:#eaecf0"  colspan="1"| Description ! style="background-color:#eaecf0"  colspan="1"| Description
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/aewm++|aewm++]] || https://github.com/frankhale/aewmpp || A minimal window manager written in C++, including further enhancements. 
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/awesome|awesome]] || https://awesomewm.org/ || Highly configurable, next generation, dynamic window manager for X.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/awesome|awesome]] || https://awesomewm.org/ || Highly configurable, next generation, dynamic window manager for X. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/berrywm|berrywm]] || https://berrywm.org/ || A window manager written over the XLib Library. 
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/blackbox|blackbox]] || https://github.com/bradleythughes/blackbox || Free and libre stacking window manager written in C++ and licensed under the MIT License. | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/blackbox|blackbox]] || https://github.com/bradleythughes/blackbox || Free and libre stacking window manager written in C++ and licensed under the MIT License.
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/bspwm|bspwm]] || https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm || Lightweight, tiling, minimalist window manager that is written in C and represents its windows as leaves on a binary tree.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/bspwm|bspwm]] || https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm || Lightweight, tiling, minimalist window manager that is written in C and represents its windows as leaves on a binary tree. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/ctwm|ctwm]] || https://www.ctwm.org/index.html || Lightweight, stacking window manager. +| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/cwm|cwm]] || https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/xenocara/app/cwm/ || Lightweight, stacking window manager originally developed for OpenBSD.
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/cwm|cwm]] || https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/xenocara/app/cwm/ || Lightweight, stacking window manager originally developed for OpenBSD.  +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/dwm|dwm]] || https://dwm.suckless.org/ || Dynamic window manager for X11.  +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/echinus|echinus]] || https://github.com/polachok/echinus || A window manager for X in the spirit of dwm. +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/emacs-exwm|emacs-exwm]] || https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm || EXWM (Emacs X Window Manager) is a full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs. +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/emwm|emwm]] || http://fastestcode.org/emwm.html || Enhanced Motif Window Manager +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/enlightenment16|enlightenment16]] || https://www.enlightenment.org/ || Eye-candy, compositing and stacking window manager that is released under the permissive BSD License.  +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/evilwm|evilwm]] || https://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/ || Lightweight, stacking window manager. +
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/fluxbox|fluxbox]] || http://www.fluxbox.org || Free software stacking window manager for X11 that was originally forked from Blackbox.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/fluxbox|fluxbox]] || http://www.fluxbox.org || Free software stacking window manager for X11 that was originally forked from Blackbox. 
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/jwm|jwm]] || http://joewing.net/projects/jwm/ || Extremely lightweight window manager for the X window system.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/jwm|jwm]] || http://joewing.net/projects/jwm/ || Extremely lightweight window manager for the X window system. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/i3-wm|i3-wm]] || https://i3wm.org/ || Minimalist tiling window manager, completely written from scratch.  +| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/i3-wm|i3-wm]] || https://i3wm.org/ || Minimalist tiling window manager, completely written from scratch.
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/i3-gaps|i3-gaps]] || https://github.com/Airblader/i3 || A fork of i3wm tiling window manager with more features, including gaps.+
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/icewm|icewm]] || https://ice-wm.org/ || Free and libre, lightweight, stacking window manager for X11.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/icewm|icewm]] || https://ice-wm.org/ || Free and libre, lightweight, stacking window manager for X11. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/karmen|karmen]] || https://karmen.sourceforge.net/ || An easy-to-use window manager for X. 
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/notion|notion]] || http://notion.sourceforge.net/ || Tabbed and tiling window manager. | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/notion|notion]] || http://notion.sourceforge.net/ || Tabbed and tiling window manager.
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/openbox|openbox]] || https://github.com/danakj/openbox || Highly configurable, next generation, stacking window manager for X11 with extensive standards support.  +| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/openbox|openbox]] || https://github.com/danakj/openbox || Highly configurable, next generation, stacking window manager for X11 with extensive standards support.
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/oroborus|oroborus]] || (none) || A lightweight, themeable window manager for the X Window System. +
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/pekwm|pekwm]] || https://pekwm.org/ || Lightweight, dynamic window manager originally forked from aewm++.  +
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/ratpoison|ratpoison]] || https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ || Tiling window manager modeled after screen.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/ratpoison|ratpoison]] || https://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/ || Tiling window manager modeled after screen. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/sawfish|sawfish]] || https://sawfish.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page || Extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language.  +| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/sawfish|sawfish]] || https://sawfish.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page || Extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language.
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/tinywm|tinywm]] || http://incise.org/tinywm.html || A tiny, free and libre window manager. +
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 | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/xenocara-twm|twm]] || https://www.xenocara.org/ || Simple stacking window manager started written in C.  | [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/xenocara-twm|twm]] || https://www.xenocara.org/ || Simple stacking window manager started written in C. 
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-| [[https://www.hyperbola.info/packages/windowmaker|windowmaker]] || http://www.windowmaker.org/ || Fast and light GNUstep window manager.  
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 ===== Acknowledgement ===== ===== Acknowledgement =====