baskerville/bspwm
A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 88
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
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: 5149
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 75
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
8307 stars · 441 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
bspwm is a tiling window manager for X11 that arranges windows as leaves of a full binary tree using binary space partitioning. It handles no input itself, relying on the companion tool bspc and a hotkey daemon like sxhkd to control it via a dedicated socket.
Use cases
- manage windows in a tiling layout on Linux
- set up a keyboard-driven minimalist desktop environment
- automatically tile windows using binary space partitioning
- script window management via a command-line interface
- build a lightweight X11 window manager setup
- control window placement and splits with hotkeys
When to choose
- you want a scriptable, minimal tiling window manager on X11
- you prefer configuring your desktop with shell scripts
- you already use or like sxhkd for keybindings
- you want precise manual control over window splits
When to avoid
- you need a Wayland compositor instead of X11
- you want a full desktop environment with built-in panels and settings
- you prefer mouse-driven, floating window management out of the box
Facets
application · maturity stable
gui developer-tools desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools tiling-window-manager x11 binary-space-partitioning sxhkd minimalist unix-socket-ipc linux desktop
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm · fetched 2026-08-28 · 17e717f98177
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| baskerville/bspwm | main | 72 |
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