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BSPWM: A window manager implemented completely in shell scripts

Sounds promising? Yes, it most definitely does, but only if you are at home with writing shell scripts, and you understand you will have to manually configure everything for this window manager. Just as a point of information, catching erros can be a real bitch on remote platforms, and it is required that you configure first before running anything.

Configuration

It was introduced as a WM completely implemented in sh, but don’t let that fool you. BSPWM definitely has a configuration syntax of it’s own that has to be followed in order to successfully set it up. Also, and rather disappointingly, BSPWM does not handle any keybinds. Keybinds are handled by BSPWM’s sister program sxhd, and it has it’s own configuration syntax that cannot be implemented in shell, and is completely different than BSPWM’s. If you plan on using BSPWM on a remote computer, understand that if you fuck up your configuration, then you will be served a black screen with a mouse pointer. There will be no menus, no terminal, nor windows, it will be a proverbial empty shell of a window manager.

Saying all of that, configuration can be pretty convenient due to it being in sh, and BSPWM is incredibly flexible, customizable, and lighter than a binary feather.