WMFS (Window Manager From Scratch) is a lightweight and highly configurable tiling window manager for X. It can be configured with a configuration file, supports Xft (Freetype) fonts and is compliant with the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specifications, Xinerama and Xrandr. New: WMFS can be driven with Vi based commands (ViWMFS).

How WMFS works

WMFS works especially around Clients, Keybindings, Tags and Layouts.

• A Client consists of a an application window, its frame - including titlebar, border, resizing corners - and its properties.
• A Tag is actually a workspace. basically, you have 9 tags. you can have up to 36 per screen!
• A Keybinding is a key combination to execute a function defined in WMFS's configuration file.
• A Layout is a placement mode. WMFS offers up to 9 layouts.

Available layouts