MyWM - Custom X11 Window Manager

Overview

MyWM is a lightweight, tiling window manager for the X Window System written in modern C++ (C++20). It provides basic window management functionality with keyboard-driven control and simple window decorations.

Demostration

presentation.mp4

Keyboard Controls

• Win + Enter: Launch terminal
• Win + D: Launch application launcher (dmenu)
• Win + Q: Close focused window
• Win + F4: Exit window manager

Build Requirements

• C++20
• Xlib (libx11-dev)
• CMake (>= 3.10)

Building and Installation

# Clone repo
git clone https://github.com/Zestria/my_wm.git
cd my_wm

# Build
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

// Run
startx ./my_wm

Future Improvements

• More layout modes
• Workspaces
• Fullscreen mode