Partial list of BSD style wm's:
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Lightest:
x11-wm/antiwm - C - fullscreen
x11-wm/bspwm - tiling
x11-wm/cwm - C - floating
x11-wm/ctwm - twm variant
x11-wm/dwm - C - requires C compiling to configure
x11-wm/tinywm
x11-wm/twm - C Xlib - reparenting
x11-wm/vtwm - twm variant
Light:
x11-wm/blackbox - C++ - floating
x11-wm/i3 - tiling
x11-wm/jwm - C - floating
x11-wm/qtile - python - tiling
Heavy:
x11-wm/enlightenment, x11-wm/e16 - C
x11-wm/fluxbox - C++ - floating
Unspecified:
x11-wm/compton
x11-wm/euclid-wm
x11-wm/golem
x11-wm/hs-xmonad - haskell - heavy dependencies
x11-wm/mcwm
Update:
x11-wm/aphelia
x11-wm/berry
x11-wm/chamfer
x11-wm/echinus
x11-wm/herbstluftwm
x11-wm/spectrwm
(above contain BSD, ISC, MIT and similar licenses)
9wm derivatives (also use 9wm derived licenses):
x11-wm/aewm, x11-wm/evilwm, x11-wm/w9wm
(Wayland compositors aren't on this list)
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Lightest:
x11-wm/antiwm - C - fullscreen
x11-wm/bspwm - tiling
x11-wm/cwm - C - floating
x11-wm/ctwm - twm variant
x11-wm/dwm - C - requires C compiling to configure
x11-wm/tinywm
x11-wm/twm - C Xlib - reparenting
x11-wm/vtwm - twm variant
Light:
x11-wm/blackbox - C++ - floating
x11-wm/i3 - tiling
x11-wm/jwm - C - floating
x11-wm/qtile - python - tiling
Heavy:
x11-wm/enlightenment, x11-wm/e16 - C
x11-wm/fluxbox - C++ - floating
Unspecified:
x11-wm/compton
x11-wm/euclid-wm
x11-wm/golem
x11-wm/hs-xmonad - haskell - heavy dependencies
x11-wm/mcwm
Update:
x11-wm/aphelia
x11-wm/berry
x11-wm/chamfer
x11-wm/echinus
x11-wm/herbstluftwm
x11-wm/spectrwm
(above contain BSD, ISC, MIT and similar licenses)
9wm derivatives (also use 9wm derived licenses):
x11-wm/aewm, x11-wm/evilwm, x11-wm/w9wm
(Wayland compositors aren't on this list)
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