cococry/ragnar
Minimal, flexible & user-friendly X tiling window manager observed · 2026-10-10
Health v2 · maintenance only
63/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 91
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-22. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 1287
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 41
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1248 stars · 29 forks observed · 2026-10-10
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Ragnar is a minimal, dynamic tiling window manager for X11 written in C using the XCB API. It provides tiling layouts, IPC support, external configuration with runtime reloads, and reparenting-based window decoration in roughly 5,000 lines of code.
Use cases
- tiling window manager for X11
- minimal daily-driver window manager for Linux
- foundation for building a custom desktop environment
- window manager with external config file and runtime reload
- i3-like tiling on X11
- extend a window manager via IPC plugins
When to choose
- You want a compact, hackable C codebase for an X11 tiling WM
- You prefer preset tiling layouts over tree-based manual placement
- You need IPC and runtime config reloads for scripting your desktop
When to avoid
- You need Wayland support
- You want complex tree-based or manual tiling layouts
- You need a full desktop environment out of the box
Facets
application · maturity active
gui developer-tools operating-systems desktop-applications developer-tools c window-manager tiling x11 xcb ewmh ipc minimalist linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cococry/ragnar · fetched 2026-10-10 · 72d791875fb1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cococry/ragnar | main | 63 |
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