Marwind is a simple X11 tiling window manager written in Go. It was inspired by the i3 window manager and the acme editor for Plan 9 and aims to combine the good parts of both for the best experience.
Important! The project is under active development and is not stable. Use at your own risk.
- Sane defaults. It should be possible to install the WM and be immediately productive without spending hours on configuration
- Keyboard-driven without sacrificing the mouse. Marwind is focused on the keyboard not unlike most tiling managers, however mouse also has its place. Common actions - such as moving, resizing, or closing windows - should be possible using either of the input methods
- Dynamically reconfigurable. Provide standard HTTP / gRPC endpoints for on-the-fly configuration, without the need to reload the entire WM. These endpoints will also serve as points of communication with external applications.
- Clean code and documentation
This is a list of features that are planned but still missing in the software:
- There are no tests and no documentation yet
- No window decorations (e.g. title bars)
- No multi-monitor support
- No mouse support
- No floating windows
- No configuration available
With Go environment set up and the repository cloned, it's enough to run:
makeThe compiled binaries will be located in the bin directory. The window manager can be started using:
./bin/marwm