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What is the best tiling window manager for Windows?

I'm looking for something like awesome.

It would be nice if it removes the title bar and has "comfortable" shortcut keys (for me that's vi keys, but feel free to use your own reference). Open source would be a plus.

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    Seems like a very constructive question to me.
    – Andriy Drozdyuk
    Commented Mar 6, 2012 at 15:58
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    I really like WinDivvy. It has a really nice GUI but it cost a bit.
    – Sawny
    Commented Nov 6, 2012 at 19:44
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    Don't see how this isn't construtive
    – Mike McFarland
    Commented Jul 7, 2013 at 0:28
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    @MikeMcFarland Asking for "what's the best…?" is the prime example of a non-constructive question, since everyone defines this differently.
    – slhck
    Commented Jul 21, 2013 at 12:52
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    FYI Tiling window manager for Windows
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Apr 23, 2017 at 16:07

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bug.n is nice, and Open Source. :-)

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    +1; I tried it, and love it. I especially like the fact that it can be disabled very easily (windows+shift+q) and is customizable through its config files. Oh, and being a DWM clone doesn't hurt :D
    – Babu
    Commented Sep 6, 2009 at 1:23
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    I don't know why uoi're linking to freenet (blocked by my proxy), but Wikipedia links to autohotkey.net./~joten for bug.n
    – Ed Brannin
    Commented Jun 22, 2010 at 14:11
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    It doesn't work well with Chrome, does it? The tabs simply disappear.
    – André Paramés
    Commented Apr 9, 2011 at 16:51
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    It is also very confusing - there is no tutorial on how to use it, or documentation that I can see anywhere.
    – Andriy Drozdyuk
    Commented Mar 6, 2012 at 15:59
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    agree, this is the best I've seen but it doesn't work well in Chrome and Firefox. It is also confusing. There is no clear description how to change the config files. I'm already trying for hours to disable the mouse movement when I click on a layout. Can't find it.
    – Reman
    Commented Oct 25, 2016 at 12:21
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It doesn't remove title bars, but you can use Winsplit Revolution to use create keyboard shortcuts for regions ("tiles") on your screen.

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  • This, sir, is the best thing since sliced bread
    – marines
    Commented Jan 23, 2014 at 20:32
  • Bummer, the site is dead. Can still get it from other download sites, just not the main one.
    – leetNightshade
    Commented Jun 18, 2014 at 15:29
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    It is discontinued.
    – laggingreflex
    Commented Nov 3, 2014 at 20:43
  • Looks like another company providing a similar product has poached that URL now
    – Marc Laugharn
    Commented May 31, 2019 at 18:08
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From a wikipedia article:

  • WindowSizer - Tiles windows (shareware)
  • WinSplit - Tiles windows using keyboard shortcuts (freeware)
  • HashTWM - Tiling window manager with automatic tiling (MIT/X11)
  • GridMove - Tiles and arranges windows on sophisticated layouts with hotkeys and multi-monitor support (freeware/donationware)
  • bug.n - Dynamic, tiling window manager, which tries to clone the functionality of dwm (see list of X window managers) (GPL)
  • MaxTo - Tiles windows on user-defined grid by intercepting windows that are maximized or using hotkeys. Supports multi-monitor setups (shareware)
  • Twinsplay - Tiles windows using keyboard shortcuts (trial/closed source)
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    +1 MaxTo isn't free, but it's pretty darn cheap considering how well it works.
    – Chris S
    Commented Jun 17, 2011 at 18:24
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    +1 AquaSnap (not in answer but in the wikipedia list)
    – laggingreflex
    Commented Nov 3, 2014 at 20:45
  • @laggingreflex: Wikipedia articles are susceptible to modifications ;)
    – R.J.
    Commented Aug 20, 2018 at 9:32

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