About
herbstluftwm is a manual tiling window manager for X11 using Xlib and Glib. Its main features can be described with:- the layout is based on splitting frames into subframes which can be split again or can be filled with windows (similar to i3/musca)
- tags (or workspaces or virtual desktops or ...) can be added/removed at runtime. Each tag contains an own layout
- exactly one tag is viewed on each monitor. The tags are monitor independent (similar to xmonad)
- it is configured at runtime via ipc calls from herbstclient. So the configuration file is just a script which is run on startup. (similar to wmii/musca)
Get It
There aren't any releases yet. You can browse the source in the GitWeb or directly clone the git repository with:
git clone git://git.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/re06huxa/herbstluftwm
FAQ
Why is herbstluftwm called herbstluftwm?
I liked the name of the e-mail client wanderlust. Unfortunately I am a happy mutt user, so I needed an other application with a similar name.If the config is a bashscript, does it mean it is called on each keystroke?
No, the configfile is executed once to set internal settings and keybindings and so on. If a keybind is registred and its key is pressed, the according (internal) command directly is called.Documentation
There are manpages in the doc/ directory. The also can be seen online:Support
Feel free to join the IRC channel #herbstluftwm on irc.freenode.net.Screenshots

