Xmonad

XMonad

xmonad: a tiling window manager

This is the xmonad users' wiki.

• FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions: answers to common xmonad questions

Configuration help

• screenshot gallery: screenshots contributed by xmonad users illustrating many layouts. show off your own setup!
• installing xmonad: platform-specific instructions for how to install xmonad
• config archive: a collection of xmonad.hs files from real, live xmonad users -- feel free to read them for ideas, use or adapt them as you see fit, or upload your own
  • heavily commented template style config file for the latest release of xmonad
  • template config file for the development (darcs) version of xmonad
  • general tips and tricks for configuring xmonad.hs: (>= xmonad-0.8)
• desktop environments
  • basic desktop environment integration (>= xmonad-0.8)
  • gnome integration
  • unity 2d integration
  • kde integration
  • xfce integration -- needs updating
  • lxde integration
  • apple osx integration
  • Running multiple xsessions at once
• OS-specific instructions
  • olpc xo tips
  • using xmonad on Arch Linux
  • using xmonad in Ubuntu

Tutorials

• guided tour of xmonad for users
• step-by-step configuration guide including xmobar status bar setup
• tutorial in Russian
• tombuntu's introduction to xmonad
• xmonad development tutorial
• guided tour of the xmonad source
• video tour of the source

Documentation

• Change log summaries

notable changes since 0.11

notable changes since 0.10

notable changes since 0.9

notable changes since 0.8

notable changes since 0.7

notable changes since 0.6

• overview of xmonad-contrib extensions plus how to edit configuration -- needs updating
• xmonad.org documentation links
• links to key code listings
• mutable state in contrib modules or xmonad.hs
• How xmonad startup works

Keybindings cheatsheets

Classical (Inkscape svg version to modify with your custom bindings):

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Alternative cheatsheet (PDF, PNG, SVG):

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External documentation

• xmonad on Arch Linux
• xmonad manpage
• introduction to xmonad
• blog articles about xmonad
• xmonad blog feed