# baskerville/bspwm

A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning

Repository: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bspwm
Language: C
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-19T20:00:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5149, "days_push": 75, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8307, forks 441 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:20.241743+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, operating-systems, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: tiling-window-manager, x11, binary-space-partitioning, sxhkd, minimalist, unix-socket-ipc, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- baskerville/bspwm (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.241743+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 2026-08-29T17:28:04.012923+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.241743+00:00, sha 17e717f98177)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.