Dwm

dwm
Original author(s)Anselm R. Garbe[1]
Developer(s)suckless.org
Initial releaseJuly 14, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-07-14)[2]
Stable release
6.5[3] Edit this on Wikidata / 19 March 2024
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
Size26 KB (source code)[4]
TypeWindow manager
LicenseMIT[5]
Websitedwm.suckless.org
dwm's xinerama support: tiling on two screens simultaneously

dwm is a minimalist dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed by Suckless that has influenced the development of several other X window managers, including xmonad[6] and awesome.[7][8] It is externally similar to wmii, but internally much simpler. dwm is written purely in C for performance[9] and lacks any configuration interface besides editing the source code.[10] One of the project's guidelines is that the source code is intended never to exceed 2000 SLOC, and options meant to be user-configurable are all contained in a single header file.[8]

  1. ^ Garbe, Anselm R. "Anselm R Garbe". garbe.us. Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  2. ^ 0.1 Release tag
  3. ^ . 19 March 2024 https://git.suckless.org/dwm/commit/061e9fe9a7db396c0c4f3d996c3908fb43a6d50c.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "dwm dynamic window manager". dwm.suckless.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  5. ^ "MIT/X Consortium License". suckless.org. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  6. ^ Kolmodin, Lennart (April 2, 2007). "xmonad". Bits and Bytes. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  7. ^ Danjou, Julien (20 Sep 2007). "Announcing 'awesome'". dwm (Mailing list). Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  8. ^ a b Auza, Jun (August 2, 2008). "20 Most Nimble and Simple X Window Managers for Linux". TechSource.
  9. ^ "dwm home page". dwm is customized through editing its source code, which makes it extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which isn't known at compile time
  10. ^ Byfield, Bruce (2007-05-31). "Keyboard-driven environments open a new window on the desktop". Linux.com. SourceForge, Inc. Archived from the original on 2022-03-27. Retrieved 2010-03-01.