Herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager. Configuration is done with herbstclient command which are typically executed at satrtaup in the file ~/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart. The configuration can get pretty complex. Fortunately there is a default config file at /etc/xdg/herbstluftwm/autostart which you can copy to your local config directory.

There are also additional scripts. In Debian based distros a panel is added at the top.

herbstluftwm consists of frames and tags. A tag can be compared with a virtual desktop. A frame holds one window and can be splitted into subframes. The split occurs vertically or horizontally. Split layout can be changed with Mod+Space

The most important default keybindigs are:

• Mod-Enter: Open a new xterm
• Mod+Number: Switch to tag number
• Mod+Tab: Switch to Window within Frame
• Mod+.: Cycle through tags
• Mod+f: toggle fullscreen

Website: https://herbstluftwm.org/

On: Artix Linux

• Lightweightness: +++++
• Simpleness: +++
• Easiness: ++

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