leftwm/leftwm

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

3046 stars · 199 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

LeftWM is a tiling window manager for X11 written in Rust, focused on stability and performance while doing one thing well: managing windows. It is intentionally not a compositor, bar, or lock screen, and instead supports shareable themes that let users pick their own bar, compositor, and background.

Use cases

• tiling window manager for linux
• manage multiple monitors and ultrawide displays
• customize my desktop with themes and my own status bar
• lightweight x11 window manager written in rust
• configure keybindings and layouts for workspaces

When to choose

• You want a fast, stable tiling WM on X11 that stays out of the way
• You want to compose your own desktop with your preferred bar, compositor, and lock screen
• You use multiple or ultrawide monitors and want good multi-screen defaults

When to avoid

• You need a Wayland compositor or a full desktop environment
• You want an all-in-one setup with a built-in bar and lock screen
• You prefer GUI-based configuration over editing RON config files

Facets

application · maturity active

gui configuration-management theme desktop-applications operating-systems developer-tools rust tiling-window-manager x11 window-manager theming rust multi-monitor linux

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="leftwm/leftwm")