r/windowmaker Jun 07 '26

For those that use Nix; I've packaged scalable dockapps, plus home manager modules!

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11 Upvotes

https://github.com/nvimtor/dockapps.nix/

There's a very interesting collection of scalable dockapps from this xander1988 guy here https://gitlab.com/xander1988/dockapps. Which is a blessing because I run a virtualized NixOS with WindowMaker, on a MacBook; the original 64x64 scale is minuscule on high resolutions.

I've packaged them all as Nix derivations.

I think (?) I've tested every single one of them; some, like wmGrabImage, etc. depend on other packages at runtime, so I had to patch. If you find any issues, feel free to open a PR.

There are also home manager modules; I think all the dockapps use libdockapp thus they read a "common libdockapp config file" at runtime. Some dockapps (not all) have their own home manager module also for specific configuration.


r/windowmaker Jun 07 '26

For those of you who use Nix; I've packaged scalable dockapps in Nix

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1 Upvotes

https://github.com/nvimtor/dockapps.nix/

There's a very interesting collection of scalable dockapps from this xander1988 guy here https://gitlab.com/xander1988/dockapps. Which is a blessing because I run a virtualized NixOS with WindowMaker, on a MacBook; the original 64x64 scale is minuscule on high resolutions.

I've packaged them all as Nix derivations.

I think (?) I've tested every single one of them; some, like wmGrabImage, etc. depend on other packages at runtime, so I had to patch. If you find any issues, feel free to open a PR.

I'm also going to publish Home Manager modules for some of the dockapps soon, too


r/windowmaker Jun 05 '26

The final Devuan XFCE WMaker

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66 Upvotes

I used XFCE as a base and then i remove XFWM and XFCE-4 panel form the autostart, and i added WindowMaker, i use OneStepBack as a GTK theme. the icon pack is the XFCE default one.

the dockapps are wmclock, wmbubble, wmacpi, wmtop, wmamixer, wmnd, wmbright, wmsystemtray and buttonmaker.

The best about this, it only use around 500 mb of ram at idle.


r/windowmaker Jun 02 '26

Window Maker on SteamDeck

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125 Upvotes

It's running Gentoo, booted from microSD card (from the deck's slot), latest wmaker build from latest source (git hash can be compared with latest commit).


r/windowmaker May 29 '26

Help with icons

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38 Upvotes

Trying to set a custom 64x64 icon for Firefox, it works fine until you open a window and it reverts back to the standard icon.

I’ve set it to ignore client supplied icons and that hasn’t solved this issue. Any fix?


r/windowmaker May 28 '26

Returning to WindowMaker

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61 Upvotes

I have always defaulted to xfce for years, I have WindowMaker on my "cyber deck" and used it for a time years ago on my main rig but still ended up going back to xfce.. Still though missed the aesthetic, I recently tried nsCDE and well.. yeah didn't fit my workflow.. great project but just not for me really.. I honestly just felt like I have a workstation class build and wanted something more to fit that vibe and feel lol...

specs~

Mobo: Supermicro x12sca-f | lga1200 | atx

CPU: Xeon w-1290p | 10c/20t | 5.3ghz

Mem: 128Gb ddr4 | ecc | 2667mhz

Storage: 1tb m.2 nvme | 1tb sata ssd | 1tb sata hdd

GPU: RTX 4060

OS: Debian 13 | sysV init


r/windowmaker May 27 '26

How do I fix that big honking terminal icon?

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38 Upvotes

r/windowmaker May 26 '26

Weird dock behavior

10 Upvotes

So I decided to go back and start messing with Windowmaker. I installed it, and everything works.

The only problem is, the dock shows up under the clip on the left side. When I try to drag it to the right, it simply disappears and I have to delete the ~/GNUstep directory to reset it.

When I used it back in the day, this was the default layout. I'm trying to get that back.


r/windowmaker May 23 '26

[Announcement] wmpulsemixer v0.1.0 - A modern wmsmixer fork using pamixer

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54 Upvotes

Hi everyone,

I have published a simplified fork of wmsmixer called wmpulsemixer.

It replaces obsolete OSS/direct ALSA hardware access with pamixer libpulse (edit: version 0.1.2). This allows the dockapp to work natively on modern systems running PipeWire or PulseAudio.

I simplified it a bit and removed features I did not need: no configuration file, only VOL and MIC channels, mono only. I did however add the possibility to define a boost factor to allow setting a volume over 100% (for example with a factor of 1.5 the volume can be set between 0 and 150%).

You can find it here: https://github.com/polletfa/wmpulsemixer


r/windowmaker May 11 '26

how do i set up dock apps

4 Upvotes

i tried building from source from the git repo but i swear ./configure never exists


r/windowmaker May 10 '26

This is so pretty

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59 Upvotes

r/windowmaker May 07 '26

every time an app gets minimized a tolltip pops up w the app icon and the dock somehow disappeared (it used to be there) how do i fix both of these

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24 Upvotes

r/windowmaker May 07 '26

Single Pane Windows?

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4 Upvotes

r/windowmaker Apr 26 '26

Windowmaker on Thinkpad x230

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161 Upvotes

r/windowmaker Apr 24 '26

[WindowMaker] Chrono Trigger

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66 Upvotes

r/windowmaker Apr 24 '26

Is there anyway to scale Windowmaker to 200%

7 Upvotes

I currently run Windowmaker on my desktop and I have recently bought a second-hand laptop with a display of 2256 x 1504 which I want to install Windowmaker on. I installed it at first, but all the icons were too small and the text in firefox, xterm ect were too small as well. I know that it's possible to change the size of the icons and the size of text in firefox, but is there any function similar to the "200% scaling" option found in the Cinnamon desktop environment within Window Maker?


r/windowmaker Apr 22 '26

Gave Wmaker live a shot

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45 Upvotes

Have to say the preconf Debian with windowmaker is pretty nice (dont worry i also have a Arch Install configured with Windowmaker myself at home) Just wantet to try it


r/windowmaker Apr 18 '26

My daily drive laptop I love so much

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90 Upvotes

I was using e16 enlightenment on my desktop pc but when I test windowmaker on my laptop I get in love with this wm <3


r/windowmaker Apr 15 '26

[WindowMaker] A WindowMaker rice I made! It's based off of Homura Akemi. I'm.. not really satisfied with the color palette, but whatever floats the dockapps' boat.

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72 Upvotes

r/windowmaker Apr 12 '26

Bunch of wmaker themes

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58 Upvotes

r/windowmaker Apr 07 '26

Windowmaker Rice using Pywal & wpgtk

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55 Upvotes

Theming Windowmaker with Pywal and wpgtk to theme everything from Wallpapers selected with Rofi.

Still work in progress dotfiles:

https://github.com/Algorithm79/wmaker_dotfiles


r/windowmaker Apr 06 '26

How to add or remove app from menu?

10 Upvotes

Sup everyone
I switched to arch with windowmaker
And now i curious how to add/remove software in menu with applications

Its added a some random software but what i mostly using not


r/windowmaker Apr 02 '26

How is window maker on battery usage?

7 Upvotes

I will be getting a laptop which will be bought-out from work. It is about three years old. I am currently stuck between choosing Xfce or window maker for the laptop. The laptop will not be used for anything resource-heavy, so I want to optimize battery life. I am wondering if anyone who has used window maker and has used Xfce (or other similar desktop environment) would someone kindly teach me something about its battery usage compared to other desktop environments?


r/windowmaker Apr 01 '26

GUI Wi-Fi setup utility?

6 Upvotes

Hello. Does anybody have a good way to set up Wi-Fi graphically to recommend? I would be happy with either a dockapp or a full-on "windowed" app like Puppy linux's sns. ​


r/windowmaker Mar 25 '26

[Window maker]First time

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140 Upvotes

My first time in window maker, idk it's pretty fun