The Top 8 Linux Window Managers of 2020

So many people do their "top distros" list or a "top apps" list. It's past time that someone did a "top window managers" list. So here is my top eight window managers that are available on Linux.

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0:23 - #8 i3
2:55 - #7 IceWM
4:15 - #6 spectrwm
6:09 - #5 Openbox
8:21 - #4 dwm
9:50 - #3 awesome
11:36 - #2 Qtile
13:32 - #1 xmonad

[Gomotianu]

DT is getting more and more really really noob friendly and i love it

[dustinmorse]

You got me into Qtile with some of your early videos and it has been my go to since.

[marioschroers]

Excellent choice of window managers. First thing I see in your i3 is vim, and what a color scheme! Awesome colors in your Qtile and Xmonad setup as well. I really need to look into your color themes.

As always, brilliant presentation. I actually guessed your #1 would be Xmonad. You stay true to yourself. Keep it up!

[valkrake]

Maybe I should give awesome a try so I can waste even more time riceing without doing anything productive

[stm]

I knew about Qtile in this channel and since then it became my favorite window manager!

[peudo]

I really appreciate this video! Excellent coverage of a niche that can be daunting to get into.

[muCephei_]

Wow I found a gem on youtube. I'm coming back to linux and needed this.
Thanks DT!

[faizanahmad]

I've been using dwm lately.

It's true it isn't the most noob friendly or doesn't come with a lot of features but it's like it grows with you. Slowly you get the window manager that you need with dwm

[hilken]

Just found your channel, you make good stuff man. So far I've been only using Debian-based distros (Ubuntu, Zorin, easy stuff for a noob), but after a couple of years using and learning Linux I think it's time to try something based on Arch: gonna try both EndeavourOS and Arco Linux on virtualbox (tried Majaro once, it didn't worked on my laptop, not even MATE, gonna see if its diferent with these ones) this month before going with one next year, and this video gave me good ideas of what I should try first on them, so thanks a lot.

[MaxMustermann-glyu]

Greetings from Germany. Your Videos are great. Linux user for 20 years now and I can always use some content from here

[Matt-elsi]

Awesome BTC ticker 😎 Top notch content as always!

[dejanzabaljac]

My first Distro ever was Manjaro i3, that's all i know and im staying there.Tried few WM's and for what do i3 is enough. Great video DT! Thanks!

[charliekahn]

Recently I've gotten into plugin-based window managers and desktop environments, and in the process discovered that the code for Compiz 0.9 is actually really cool. From what I've read of the source you can even turn off compositing.

[m_abilash]

As a long time Distrotube subscriber, as soon as I saw this video, I guessed he would rate Xmonad as his top pick. Lol

There are quiet a few videos about Xmonad in his channel.

Love your work dude, keep it up !! Many of my distro hops this year were influenced by your videos and your genuine opinions on the distros.

[nandoxus]

I been waiting for this video. Finally

[trampolinhusetuser]

DT, I have an idea for a future video. You seem to know hell of a lot about what panel, what dock, what login manager, what DE, what WM and so on and so forth goes best with what. How do you know all that (more of a rhetoric question that needs no answer) But maybe just talk about all that choice one gets once choosing open source. Cause thanks to your videos I get to understand that linux means to have a choice, but it doesnt help much when you are a rookie and dont know what is there to choose from.

[kvngn]

dwm all the way for me. The "warp" patch is fantastic for mouse-heavy applications like web browsers, etc.: whenever you change focus from one window to another, the cursor goes to the middle of that window. Key over, and the mouse goes with you. Very, very convenient.

[wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus]

I like my KDE Plasma and would never want to switch, but I have to say all those tiling window manager setups you see on places like r/unixporn look really cool and sometimes make me jealous.

[kellyrunnels]

1) I'm definitely going to say herbstluftwm, just because I used it for so long and customized it so extensively.
2) dwm. I recently patched my own build of dwm that has very low system requirements, and goes well with my workflow.
3) I played around with DT's xmonad, which I found very nice and easy to use.
4) Bspwm.
5) JWM. I got this configured how I liked it, and it worked very well for me.