MWM (Minimal Window Manager) is a lightweight, minimalistic window manager written in C.
It was designed with the following guiding principles:
- < 500 lines of code (clang-formatted).
- 9 Desktops.
- High Performance.
- No status bar, Borders or Gaps. (if you want them, use mwm+)
- No floating windows.
- No compiler warnings, clean builds only.
- One file.
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd11bb1000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6 (0x00007f8c0f5ad000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f8c0f3c1000)
libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007f8c0f394000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f8c0f72a000)
libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6 (0x00007f8c0f38e000)
libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007f8c0f386000)
FILE SIZE VM SIZE
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32.3% 5.85Ki 0.0% 0 [Unmapped]
19.3% 3.50Ki 30.6% 3.44Ki .text
5.9% 1.07Ki 9.0% 1.01Ki .dynsym
0.0% 0 9.3% 1.05Ki .bss
5.6% 1.01Ki 2.5% 293 [14 Others]
5.1% 952 7.7% 888 .rela.plt
4.3% 800 7.0% 800 [LOAD #2 [R]]
3.6% 672 5.3% 608 .plt
3.6% 666 5.2% 602 .dynstr
3.5% 656 5.1% 592 .plt.sec
3.1% 576 4.5% 512 .dynamic
2.3% 424 3.1% 360 .got
2.3% 424 3.1% 360 .rela.dyn
2.3% 424 3.1% 360 .rodata
1.7% 324 0.0% 0 .shstrtab
1.2% 224 1.4% 160 .eh_frame
0.9% 160 0.8% 96 .data.rel.ro
0.8% 150 0.7% 86 .gnu.version
0.8% 144 0.7% 80 .gnu.version_r
0.8% 144 0.7% 80 .note.gnu.property
0.7% 128 0.0% 0 [ELF Headers]
100.0% 18.1Ki 100.0% 11.2Ki TOTALBelow are two examples for handling media keys. You can modify these to suit your needs. To use them out of the box, you will need herbe, or modify (notifications_daemon="/usr/local/bin/herbe" - .sh) or (#define NOTIFICATIONS_DAEMON "/usr/local/bin/herbe" - .c)
Makefile:
-DAUDIO_SCRIPT="\"$(shell pwd)/audio.sh\""or (after compiling gcc audio.c -o audio):
-DAUDIO_SCRIPT="\"$(shell pwd)/audio\""- Mod + Enter: Launch terminal
- Mod + q: Close focused window
- Mod + Shift + q: Exit MWM
- Mod + j: Focus left window
- Mod + k: Focus right window
- Mod + Shift + l: Increase window size
- Mod + Shift + h: Decrease window size
- Mod + [0-9]: Switch to desktop [0-9]
- Mod + Shift + [0-9]: Move focused window to desktop [0-9]
- Mod + p: Launch dmenu (application menu)
To build and run MWM, you'll need:
- A C compiler (e.g.,
gcc). makefor building the project.- A Linux-based environment with X11 support.
Optional, but recommended:
st(simple terminal).dmenu(for launching applications).
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/KrzysztofMarciniak/minimal-window-manager.git- Navigate to the project directory:
cd minimal-window-manager- Install:
sudo make install- Add to xinitrc:
exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session mwm- You have to install upx.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/KrzysztofMarciniak/minimal-window-manager.git- Navigate to the project directory:
cd minimal-window-manager- Install the compressed version:
sudo make install_compressed- Add to xinitrc:
exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session mwm.upx