Top 15 Fluxbox Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

Fluxbox is a windowmanager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT-License.

1. Openbox

Openbox Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.The *box visual style is well known for its minimalistic appearance. Openbox uses the *box visual style, while providing a greater number of options for theme developers than previous *box implementations. The theme documentation describes the full range......

2. Command-Tab Plus

Command-Tab Plus Command-Tab Plus Is a Powerful and Customizable macOS App’s and Windows SwitcherCommand-Tab Plus is designed to help you switch between apps and windows in a faster and more convenient way. A great alternative for Mac App’s switcher.......

3. Cisdem WindowManager

Cisdem WindowManager Split screen on a Mac like you can in Windows. Cisdem WindowManager can split screen into various sizes and positions on Mac. All you have to do is drag windows to the edges or corners of your screen, or use our grid system to select the area that the windows......

4. Divvy

Divvy Divvy is an entirely new way of managing your workspace. It allows you to quickly and efficiently "divvy up" your screen into exact portions.With Divvy, it is as simple as calling up the interface, clicking and dragging. When you let go, your window will be resized and moved to the......

5. TurboTop

TurboTop Like the "Always on Top" feature that some programs have? TurboTop lets you set any window to be "Always on Top!"Taskbar With TurboTop Icon (on far right)You're probably familiar with the "Always on Top" feature of some programs. This allows their window to "float" above other windows even when it......

6. Gala

Gala Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.......

7. Actual Window Manager

Actual Window Manager Actual Window Manager is 13 tools in 1. You can add new buttons to any windows title bar, add transparency effect to any window, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows and much more.......

8. WinXCorners

WinXCorners WinXcorners lets you use your monitor's corners to trigger special events like starting the screen saver or showing the Windows Task view. It activates when your mouse cursor hovers at the screen corners and can be customized to do a number of actions.AVAILABLE OPTIONSShow all windows, using Task view, the......

9. Winroll

Winroll WinRoll easily manages multiple open windows.Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the back or make it stay on top. Minimize, maximize or close all visible windows, including minimizing to the tray area. Make a window translucent on Windows 2000 or above. WinRoll is lovingly hand-crafted......

10. Actual Window Rollup

Actual Window Rollup Actual Window Rollup: Rollup/unroll windows! Minimize them not to icons but so only their title bars remain visible. Use the best from the Unix/Linux world!As its name implies, Actual Window Rollup lets you roll your windows up like blinds/shades/curtains - hide window's contents area and leave only its title bar......

11. Split Screen

Split Screen Split Screen allows you to effortlessly resize windows to exactly half your desktop at the touch of a simple keystroke. Gone are the days of trying to resize windows to fit nicely next to each other, with Split Screen it is as easy as pressing a button.Supported Actions:- Resize window......

12. WinDock

WinDock WinDock is a window manager ideal for large, or multi-monitor setups.Features:-Easy and intuitive drag-and-drop action to simplify moving and resizing Windows. -Highly customizable docking rules that specify how you want your windows to behave.-Multiple rule profiles/layouts that can be created and easily switched between.......

13. bspwm

bspwm bspwm - A tiling window manager based on binary space partitioning......

14. uxdgmenu

uxdgmenu uxdgmenu is an automated XDG Menu system for alternative Linux window managers. It supports currently Fluxbox, Openbox, Awesome, Blackbox, WindowMaker, FVWM2, IceWM, Ion3, PekWM, TWM, support can be added to any other through plugins. uxdgmenu monitors for newly installed/removed applications, and maintains a submenu, listing and categorizing them like the......

15. Emcee

Emcee Emcee gives you a better way: one customizable keystroke or hot-corner gesture, or a tap on an icon brings up live thumbnail views of all your apps, both desktop and Windows Store, in one convenient, easy to manage view.Emcee is a simple "expose" like tool with some of the features......