SteppeWM – a stacking IceWM-like Wayland compositor

In plain words

SteppeWM is a stacking Wayland window manager that allows windows to float and overlap with titlebars and a taskbar, similar to IceWM. It addresses a gap in the Wayland compositor landscape, where most options are tiling-based. SteppeWM is designed for users who prefer traditional floating window management. It is configured through a Lua file and supports multiple wlroots versions, making it compatible with various Linux distributions.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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