evilwm is based on aewm by Decklin Foster. It's minimalist in that it omits unnecessary stuff like window decorations and icons. But it's very usable in that it provides good keyboard control with repositioning and maximize toggles, solid window drags, snap-to-border support, and virtual desktops.
Original maintainer | Mateusz Łukasik |
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Homepage | http://www.6809.org.uk/evilwm/ |
1.1.1









Distribution | Version | Since | Package | Installed | Packager | |
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![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2017-11-10 | 36.7 kiB | 98 kiB | Mateusz Łukasik |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2017-11-10 | 36.7 kiB | 98 kiB | Mateusz Łukasik |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2017-11-10 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2017-11-10 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2019-01-14 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2019-01-14 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2019-06-17 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2020-01-07 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
![]() | deb | 1.1.1-1 | 2017-11-10 | 30.9 kiB | 91 kiB | Ubuntu Developers |
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evilwm(1)
evilwm - Minimalist Window Manager for X
Latest updates

Ubuntu 20.04 focal/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 introduced
2020-01-07
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-10-10
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-10-10

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-10-10
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-10-10

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-25
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-25

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-25
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-25

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-06
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-06
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-06
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-06
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-06
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 removed
2019-09-06

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/universe: Version 1.1.1-1 reintroduced
2019-09-05
- New upstream release. (Closes: #725494)
- debian/control:
- Bump standards version to 3.9.6 (no changes needed).
- Add doc-base to B-D.
- Clean debian/rules:
- Drop obsolete override_dh_builddeb.
- Drop override_dh_install.
- Remove debian/source/options -- no longer needed.
- Add debian/evilwm.dirs to prepare etc/xdg dir.
- Add debian/evilwm.install to install simple configuration from debian/.evilwmrc_simple.
- Patch working:
- Add remove-encoding.patch to remove Encoding from desktop file.
- Refresh show-in-login-manager.patch.
- Add debian/evilwm.doc-base to fix lintian warning possible-documentation-but-no-doc-base-registration.
- debian/source/lintian-overrides:
- Add debian-watch-may-check-gpg-signature.
- debian/copyright:
- Update years.