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'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop and setting up a graphical environment is not even part of [[Installation]]. All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page. Quick installation using [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]] script is available for few [[Setup-desktop|desktops]].  
'''Alpine Linux''' has no official desktop and setting up a graphical environment is not even part of [[Installation]]. All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page. Quick installation using [[Alpine_setup_scripts#setup-desktop|setup-desktop]] script is available for few [[Setup-desktop|desktops]].  


{{Tip|For servers consider using [[Alpine_Configuration_Framework_Design#Starting_ACF|Alpine Configuration Framework(ACF)]] for security reasons.}}
{{Tip|For servers consider using [[Alpine_Configuration_Framework_Design|Alpine Configuration Framework(ACF)]] for security reasons.}}


== Desktop environments ==
== Desktop environments ==
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== Window managers ==
== Window managers ==


A window manager is software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Almost all components of a desktop needs to be added manually by the user. A [[Alpine_Linux:Glossary#S|stacking]] or [[Alpine_Linux:Glossary#T|tiling]] layout is commonly used for window management.
A window manager is software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. In case of [[Wayland]], these are called  compositors because they additionally perform the task of a compositing window manager.
 
Almost all components of a desktop needs to be added manually by the user. A [[Alpine_Linux:Glossary#S|stacking]] a.k.a. floating or [[Alpine_Linux:Glossary#T|tiling]] a.k.a. dynamic layout is commonly used for window management.


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| [[AwesomeWM|Awesome]] ||X11  || Tiling || Lua ||
| [[AwesomeWM|Awesome]] ||X11  || Tiling || Lua ||
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| {{Pkg|berry|arch=}} || X11 || Stacking || C ||
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| {{Pkg|cagebreak|arch=}} || Wayland || Tiling ||C/wlroots || ratpoison and cage
| {{Pkg|cagebreak|arch=}} || Wayland || Tiling ||C/wlroots || ratpoison and cage
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| {{Pkg|cwm|arch=}} || X11 || Stacking || C ||
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| {{Pkg|dwl|arch=}}  || Wayland || Tiling || C/wlroots||[[dwm]]
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| [[dwm]] || X11 || Tiling || C ||
| [[dwm]] || X11 || Tiling || C ||
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| [[Fluxbox]] || X11 || Floating || C++ ||Blackbox
| [[Fluxbox]] || X11 || Stacking || C++ ||Blackbox
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| {{Pkg|herbstluftwm|arch=}} || X11 || Tiling || C++ ||
| {{Pkg|herbstluftwm|arch=}} || X11 || Tiling || C++ ||
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| [[I3wm|i3]] || X11 || Tiling || C ||
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| [[LabWC]] || Wayland || Floating || C/wlroots||[[Openbox]]
| {{Pkg|jwm|arch=}} || X11 || Stacking || C ||
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| [[LabWC]] || Wayland || Stacking || C/wlroots||[[Openbox]]
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| {{Pkg|mwm|arch=}} || X11 || Stacking || C ||
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| [[Openbox]] || X11 || Floating || C ||
| [[Openbox]] || X11 || Stacking || C ||
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| [[Qtile]] || Both || Tiling || Python ||
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| {{Pkg|wayfire|arch=}} || Wayland || Floating || C++/wlroots ||
| {{Pkg|wayfire|arch=}} || Wayland || Stacking || C++/wlroots || Compiz
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| [[Weston]] || Wayland || Floating ||  C ||
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Latest revision as of 10:38, 10 March 2025

Alpine Linux has no official desktop and setting up a graphical environment is not even part of Installation. All window managers and desktop environments that are available in Alpine Linux are listed in this page. Quick installation using setup-desktop script is available for few desktops.

Tip: For servers consider using Alpine Configuration Framework(ACF) for security reasons.

Desktop environments

Desktop environment (DE) is made of a bundle of programs that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell. A desktop environment typically consists of icons, windows, toolbars, folders, wallpapers desktop widgets and might also provide drag and drop.

Window managers

A window manager is software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. In case of Wayland, these are called compositors because they additionally perform the task of a compositing window manager.

Almost all components of a desktop needs to be added manually by the user. A stacking a.k.a. floating or tiling a.k.a. dynamic layout is commonly used for window management.

WM Name Protocol Style Toolkit Inspiration
Awesome X11 Tiling Lua
berry X11 Stacking C
bspwm X11 Tiling C
cage Wayland Kiosk C/wlroots ratpoison
cagebreak Wayland Tiling C/wlroots ratpoison and cage
cwm X11 Stacking C
dwl Wayland Tiling C/wlroots dwm
dwm X11 Tiling C
Fluxbox X11 Stacking C++ Blackbox
herbstluftwm X11 Tiling C++
Hyprland Wayland Tiling C++
i3 X11 Tiling C
jwm X11 Stacking C
LabWC Wayland Stacking C/wlroots Openbox
mwm X11 Stacking C
Openbox X11 Stacking C
Qtile Both Tiling Python
ratpoison X11 Kiosk C
River Wayland Tiling Zig dwm and xmonad
spectrwm X11 Tiling C xmonad and dwm
Sway Wayland Tiling C/wlroots i3
twm X11 Tiling C
wayfire Wayland Stacking C++/wlroots Compiz
Weston Wayland Stacking C

See also

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