Airblader/i3
A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4303
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1401
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5795 stars · 310 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
i3-gaps is a fork of the i3 tiling window manager for X11 that adds gaps between windows and other extra features. The project has been merged back into upstream i3 (available since i3 4.22) and this repository is archived.
Use cases
- tiling window manager with gaps between windows
- customize per-workspace inner and outer gaps
- keyboard-driven X11 window management
- minimal desktop environment for Linux
- configure gaps at runtime via i3-msg
When to choose
- you are stuck on an older i3 version (< 4.22) and want gaps
- you need a legacy i3-gaps build for an old distribution
When to avoid
- you use i3 4.22 or newer, which includes gaps natively
- you want an actively maintained window manager
- you use Wayland instead of X11
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
gui developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools cpp i3wm tiling-window-manager x11 i3-gaps xorg merged-upstream linux desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Airblader/i3 · fetched 2026-08-28 · c76425ff61e4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Airblader/i3 | main | 10 |
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