Window Managers, BSD

List of BSD window managers that contain BSD/ISC/MIT style licenses.

By Resource Requirements

Lightest

• x11-wm/antiwm MIT - C - fullscreen
• x11-wm/bspwm BSD2 - tiling
• x11-wm/ctwm MIT Claude's Tab Window Manager; twm extension
• x11-wm/cwm ISCL - C - floating
• x11-wm/dwm MIT Dynamic Window Manager; Minimalist window manager that uses C programming language for custom desktop configuration
• x11-wm/tinywm Public Domain
• x11-wm/twm MIT - C Xlib - reparenting
• x11-wm/vtwm MIT - twm variant

Light

• x11-wm/blackbox MIT - C++ - floating
• x11-wm/i3 BSD3 - tiling
• x11-wm/jwm MIT - C - floating
• x11-wm/qtile MIT - python - tiling

Heavy

• x11-wm/enlightenment BSD2, x11-wm/e16 - C
• x11-wm/fluxbox MIT - C++ - floating
• x11-wm/hs-xmonad BSD3 - haskell - heavy dependencies

Unspecified

• x11-wm/wmii MIT Window Manager Improved, Improved; Minimalist and dynamic window manager
• x11-wm/compton MIT
• x11-wm/euclid-wm BSD3
• x11-wm/golem BSD3
• x11-wm/mcwm ISCL

Other

9wm derivatives

• x11-wm/aewm 9wm derived
• x11-wm/evilwm 9wm derived
• x11-wm/w9wm 9wm derived

Unclear

• x11-wm/fvwm unspecified - There is supposedly a version with a BSD compatible license: the license of its prerelease version is unspecified. x11-wm/fvwm2 and FVWM3 (not in ports) have GPL type licenses.