Desktop environments and Window managers

Alpine Linux has no official desktop. Older versions used Xfce, but now, all GUI and graphical interfaces are optional. many are available and is attempted to be listed below:

Desktop environments

1. Xfce
2. LXQt
3. KDE Plasma
4. Gnome
5. MATE

Stacking (floating) window managers

• X11:
  • Openbox

• Wayland:
  • Wayfire

Tiling (dynamic) window managers

• X11:

• • Dwm

• • Awesome Window Manager

• Wayland:

• • Sway

See Also

• Installation
• Alpine newbie
• Post installation
• Fonts