spectrwm
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Visitspectrwm vs StumpWM
What both publish
| Fact | spectrwm | StumpWM |
|---|---|---|
| Installation | The official installation guide provides source-build instructions and package commands for Debian/Ubuntu, Arch, NixOS and NetBSD, with a separate macOS guide. | The project provides source releases and a development version through Git, and documents building with configure and make. |
| License | The code is released under the permissive ISC license, with patches required to use the same license. | The project repository identifies its license as GPL-2.0. |
| Support | The project directs questions and feedback to the OFTC IRC channel #spectrwm. | The project points users to a community wiki, an IRC channel, and a mailing list for discussion and help. |
| What it does | spectrwm is a compact dynamic tiling and reparenting window manager for X11. | StumpWM is a tiling, keyboard-driven X11 window manager written entirely in Common Lisp. |
spectrwm plans
- spectrwmFree
StumpWM plans
- StumpWMFree
Pick spectrwm if…
spectrwm suits people using X11 who want configurable tiling layouts and keyboard- or mouse-based window navigation. It may also fit users who want to define workspaces, regions, and application-launch shortcuts without learning a programming language for configuration.
Pick StumpWM if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.