Project Summary
The i3 window manager is a tiling window manager for the Linux desktop. i3wm provides a keyboard driven, vim-like approach to window management designed to maximize the productivity of developers and advanced users.
Key features of i3wm include
* Simple, unfancy design that maximizes screen space and doesn't intrude into your workflow
* Multi-monitor done right, by assigning each workspace to its own output
* Easy to understand plain text configuration
* Excellent documentation and community support
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 15 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in February, 2009
ending with its most recent commit 20 days ago
Quick Reference
BSD 4-clause (University of California-Specific)
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