Oxbow, a dynamic tiling window manager for the Wayland compositor River

Show HN: Oxbow, a dynamic tiling window manager for the Wayland compositor River

Oxbow, a dynamic tiling window manager for the Wayland compositor River operates in show hn launch.

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It's inspired by dwm, but it's configured via an ipc/init script, like river-classic, which makes it a bit easier to get into/test. Specifically, it has:- Tags: Group windows with tag sets, per-tag layouts, and operations on tags.- Layouts: dwm-like tiling, niri-ish scrolling in four orientations, “alt-tab” overview, and pure floating.- Windows: Scratchpads, sticky windows, user labels, window swallowing, and drag with retile.- Rules: Regex window matching to configure initial tags, output, floating, size, and presentation.- IPC: Control windows, configure tags, query objects, and subscribe to events.Maybe you'll use it, or it inspires you to write your own (since River does all the hard stu

Its activity falls under show hn launch; the profile below is assembled from public directory data.

Directory data places it at the Show HN launch stage.

Website: oxbow-wm.readthedocs.io/en/latest