ShellWM vs. Other Tiling Window Managers — Performance & Features Compared
Summary: ShellWM is an older Windows-focused skinning/window-manager project (last public activity ~2013 on SourceForge) and not a modern Linux tiling WM like i3, bspwm, Sway, or Hyprland. Below is a concise comparison focusing on platform, resource use, configuration, tiling model, extensibility, and current maintenance.
| Attribute | ShellWM | Typical modern tiling WMs (i3, bspwm, Sway, xmonad, Hyprland) |
|---|---|---|
| Platform | Microsoft Windows (Win32) — skinning/Explorer theming project (SourceForge) | Linux / Wayland / X |
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