# awesomeWM/awesome

awesome window manager

Repository: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesomewm-awesome
Homepage: https://awesomewm.org/
Language: Lua
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: awesomewm, lua, window-manager, c, xorg, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-22T22:24:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4566, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6945, forks 630 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:51.661839+00:00)

## What it is
awesome is a highly configurable, framework-style tiling window manager for X11, written in C and configured/extended with Lua. It is fast and lightweight, uses the asynchronous XCB library, and targets power users who want fine-grained keyboard-driven control of their graphical environment.

## Use cases
- configure a tiling window manager with Lua
- use a keyboard-driven window manager without a mouse
- manage multiple monitors with per-screen tags
- build custom widgets, bars, and layouts for my desktop
- replace heavy desktop environments with a lightweight WM
- script window management rules and dynamic tagging

## When to choose
- you want a fast, stable, highly extensible X11 window manager
- you prefer Lua-based configuration and a documented API
- you need real multihead (XRandR) support with tags instead of workspaces
- you want a small footprint with Freedesktop standards support (EWMH, system tray, notifications)

## When to avoid
- you are on Wayland rather than X11
- you want a mouse-driven, out-of-the-box desktop experience
- you don't want to write or maintain a Lua configuration

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, developer-tools, plugin-system, configuration-management
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems, cross-platform
- platform: cpp, lua
- tags: window-manager, tiling-wm, x11, xcb, lua-config, xorg, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- awesomeWM/awesome (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.661839+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:41:13.553719+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:51.661839+00:00, sha 5f26e62456bf)
  - homepage: https://awesomewm.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:37:03.677632+00:00, sha f4f0aa646cac)
  - site_page: https://awesomewm.org/doc/api/documentation/07-my-first-awesome.md.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:37:03.680018+00:00, sha c6d7329321ef)
  - site_page: https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/documentation/07-my-first-awesome.md.html (fetched 2026-08-29T08:37:03.681934+00:00, sha e02edb869046)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.