# bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch

A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time

Repository: https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dwm-flexipatch
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: flexipatch, dwm, suckless
Last push: 2026-07-06T07:52:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2555, "days_push": 58, "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 1333, forks 269 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:24.571797+00:00)

## What it is
A fork of the dwm tiling window manager that embeds dozens of popular dwm patches behind preprocessor directives, letting users enable or disable each patch by flipping a flag in patches.def.h before compiling. It serves as both a ready-to-build patched dwm and a playground for exploring which patches to adopt before hand-patching vanilla dwm.

## Use cases
- try dwm without manually applying patches
- enable the pertag patch by flipping a config flag and recompiling
- explore what a fully patched dwm looks like before patching from scratch
- build a custom dwm with only the patches I want
- strip unused flexipatch code using flexipatch-finalizer

## When to choose
- you want dwm with many patches but dread manual patching
- you want to experiment with different patch combinations quickly
- you plan to use flexipatch-finalizer to produce a clean minimal build

## When to avoid
- you want vanilla, unmodified dwm
- you need a Wayland compositor rather than an X11 window manager
- you prefer maintaining your own patch set from upstream dwm

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: c
- tags: dwm, suckless, tiling-window-manager, x11, patches, flexipatch, linux

## Member repositories
- bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.571797+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 2026-08-30T04:44:41.186157+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bakkeby/dwm-flexipatch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:24.571797+00:00, sha 19922eeb73a6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.