The Linux interface index

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Explore window managers, compositors, desktop environments, and shells through a curated catalog built for quick comparison and deeper discovery.

315 indexed profiles X11 + Wayland in one catalog Source-backed project details

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Profiles found: 315

Name	Type	Paradigm	Server
FLWM	Window Manager	Floating, Stacking	X11
FrankenWM	Window Manager	Tiling, Floating	X11
FVWM-Crystal	Desktop	Floating	X11
FVWM3	Window Manager	Floating, Stacking	X11
fwm	Compositor	Physics, Floating, Tiling, Scrolling	Wayland
Gabbia	Kiosk, Compositor	Single, Kiosk	Wayland, Xwayland
Gala	Window Manager, Compositor	Floating, Stacking	X11, Wayland
Gershwin Desktop	Desktop	Floating	X11
GJS Wayland Shell	Desktop, Shell	Follows host compositor	Wayland
Glacier UX	Mobile, Desktop, Shell	Touch-first, Floating	Wayland
GNOME	Desktop	Floating, Tiling	Wayland, X11 via XWayland
GNUstep Desktop Environment (GSDE)	Desktop	Floating	X11
GNUstep GWorkspace	Workspace manager, Desktop Shell	Floating	X11, experimental Wayland
goomwwm	Window Manager	Tiling, Floating	X11
Greenfield	Compositor, Browser	Floating	Wayland proxied to HTML5
gSnap	Window Manager, Extension (GNOME Shell)	Tiling	Wayland, X11 via GNOME Shell
gTile	Window Manager, Extension (GNOME Shell)	Grid, Tiling	X11, Wayland via GNOME Shell
Halley	Desktop, Compositor	Spatial, Stacking, Tiling	Wayland, XWayland via xwayland-satellite
herbstluftwm	Window Manager	Tiling, Floating	X11
hikari	Window Manager, Compositor	Floating, Stacking, Tiling	Wayland, Xwayland
Hildon Desktop	Mobile, Desktop, Shell	Touch-first, Floating	X11
Hopalong	Window Manager, Compositor	Stacking, Floating	Wayland
HyperGnome	GNOME, Shell Extension	Tiling, Floating	Wayland, X11 via GNOME
Hyprland	Window Manager, Compositor	Tiling, Floating	Wayland, Xwayland
i3	Window Manager	Tiling, Floating	X11