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

From the sources

minimal stacking wayland window manager. Contribute to uncognic/steppewm development by creating an account on GitHub.

If you want windows that float and overlap, with titlebars and a taskbar like IceWM, there is not much to pick from. git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/steppewm-git.git cd steppewm-git makepkg -si Elsewhere, build it. wlroots 0.20, 0.19 and 0.18 all work, so whichever your distribution ships should be fine. % make configure % make build # make install Configuration steppewm is configured through config.lua, which is looked for at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/steppewm/config.lua ( ~/.config/steppewm/config.lua ). A custom path can be passed with steppewm -c /path/to/config.lua See the example config.lua for config options. The full reference, including theming and the IceWM theme converter, is in…from github.com

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