# stumpwm/stumpwm

The Stump Window Manager

Repository: https://github.com/stumpwm/stumpwm
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stumpwm
Language: Common Lisp
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-05-30T01:59:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5235, "days_push": 96, "days_rel": 642, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2023, forks 274 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:06.589831+00:00)

## What it is
StumpWM is a tiling window manager for X11 written entirely in Common Lisp, designed to be highly customizable and driven entirely by the keyboard with no conventional GUI widgets. It is often described as 'the Emacs of window managers' due to its hackable, extensible nature.

## Use cases
- manage X11 windows with a keyboard-driven tiling window manager
- customize and script my desktop environment in Common Lisp
- replace mouse-heavy window management with keyboard shortcuts
- hack on my window manager's source code at runtime
- set up a productive minimalist-looking Linux desktop

## When to choose
- you want a maximally hackable, programmable tiling window manager
- you know or want to learn Common Lisp and want your WM configured in it
- you prefer keyboard-driven workflows without icons, buttons, or title bars

## When to avoid
- you want a minimalist tiling window manager with a small codebase
- you need a full desktop environment with panels and conventional widgets
- you want a Wayland compositor rather than an X11 window manager

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, cli
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: window-manager, tiling-wm, common-lisp, x11, keyboard-driven, hackable, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- stumpwm/stumpwm (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.589831+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 2026-08-30T03:00:03.680174+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stumpwm/stumpwm (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:06.589831+00:00, sha b293125047d2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.