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tinywm

A tiny window manager for X11

incise.org tinywm 2 releases newest changed 3 years ago

version1.1-unstable-2014-04-22 attributetinywm rev

aarch64-darwin d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf 2026-09-26

aarch64-linux d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf 2026-09-26

x86_64-darwin 3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d 2026-06-27

x86_64-linux d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf 2026-09-26

systems✓ aarch64-darwin✓ aarch64-linux✓ x86_64-darwin✓ x86_64-linux

$ devbox add tinywm@1.1-unstable-2014-04-22

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf#tinywm  # aarch64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf#tinywm  # aarch64-linux

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/3d46470bb3030020f7e1361f33514854f5bfa86d#tinywm  # x86_64-darwin

$ nix shell github:NixOS/nixpkgs/d54020a6ac3211e9f4201631bdf67678818c0cdf#tinywm  # x86_64-linux

JSON: /v2/resolve?name=tinywm&version=latest

Releases

newest first, as /v2/pkg orders them

Version	arm mac	arm linux	x86 mac	x86 linux	Attribute	Commit	Date	Outputs
2014-04-22	✓	✓	✓	✓	`tinywm`	46688f8eb5	2023-09-15
1.1-unstable-2014-04-22resolved	✓	✓	✓	✓	`tinywm`	varies	2026-09-13

Prereleases are listed but latest never picks one. “varies” means each system last changed at a different nixpkgs commit — the release page lists them.

Description

TinyWM is a tiny window manager that I created as an exercise in minimalism. It is also maybe helpful in learning some of the very basics of creating a window manager. It is only around 50 lines of C. There is also a Python version using python-xlib. It lets you do four basic things: - Move windows interactively with Alt+Button1 drag (left mouse button) - Resize windows interactively with Alt+Button3 drag (right mouse button) - Raise windows with Alt+F1 (not high on usability I know, but I needed a keybinding in there somewhere) - Focus windows with the mouse pointer (X does this on its own)