xmonad: a tiling window manager

This is the xmonad users' wiki.

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

Table of Contents Configuration help Tutorials Documentation Keybindings cheatsheets External documentation

• 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
  • general tips and tricks for configuring xmonad.hs: (>= xmonad-0.8)
• desktop environments
  • basic desktop environment integration (>= xmonad-0.8)
  • MATE 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
  • using xmonad in Lubuntu
  • using xmonad on Gentoo

• 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

• Change log summaries

notable changes since 0.13

notable changes since 0.12

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
• Loading xmonad in ghci

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

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Alternative cheatsheet (PDF, PNG, SVG):

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