JWM

JWM (Joe's Window Manager) is a lightweight stacking window manager for the X Window System written by Joe Wingbermuehle. JWM is written in C and uses only Xlib at a minimum. Configuration is done by editing an XML file; no graphical configuration is necessary or supplied.

This article is about Joe's window manager. For Joe's own editor, see Joe's Own Editor. For the 2007 Bollywood movie, see Jab We Met.
Not to be confused with Java Virtual Machine.
JWM
Developer(s)Joe Wingbermuehle
Initial release0.1 / December 22, 2003 (2003-12-22) // 1.0 / November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)
Stable release
2.4.3  / 22 October 2022
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
TypeWindow manager
License2016: MIT
2005: GPL-2.0-only
Websitejoewing.net/projects/jwm/

Support for the following can be added as compile-time options:

It provides an interface similar to Windows 98 and can support some GNOME, Motif and Extended Window Manager Hints.

JWM is the default window manager used in Damn Small Linux version 4.x, Puppy Linux and SliTaz (< 2.0). It is used also in an edition of Manjaro Linux.

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