https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm

A manual tiling window manager for X11
https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm

herbstluftwm tiling window-manager

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A manual tiling window manager for X11

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm
• Owner: herbstluftwm
• License: other
• Created: 2014-10-07T09:27:20.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-12T10:37:07.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-12T10:37:12.500Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: herbstluftwm, tiling, window-manager
• Language: C++
• Homepage: http://herbstluftwm.org/
• Size: 5.16 MB
• Stars: 1,116
• Watchers: 31
• Forks: 75
• Open Issues: 127
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.asciidoc
  • Changelog: NEWS
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

          
herbstluftwm

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https://codecov.io/gh/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm]

herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X. It licensed under the

"Simplified BSD License" (see link:LICENSE[LICENSE]).

- the layout is based on splitting frames into subframes which can be split

  again or can be filled with windows (similar to i3/ musca)

- tags (or workspaces or virtual desktops or …) can be added/removed at

  runtime. Each tag contains an own layout

- exactly one tag is viewed on each monitor. The tags are monitor independent

  (similar to xmonad)

- it is configured at runtime via ipc calls from herbstclient. So the

  configuration file is just a script which is run on startup. (similar to

  wmii/musca)

For more, see the http://herbstluftwm.org[herbstluftwm homepage] -- in

particular the http://herbstluftwm.org/tutorial.html[herbstluftwm tutorial]

for the first steps (also available as `man herbstluftwm-tutorial` after

installing herbstluftwm on your system).

You are welcome to join the IRC channel `#herbstluftwm` on `irc.libera.chat`.

Installation

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If you want to build herbstluftwm from source, see the link:INSTALL[INSTALL] file.

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