Ragnar is a minimal window manager for X written in C. The goal of this project is to create a window manager that has minimal bloat but is still aestetic and usable.
- Tiling layout
- Multi-monitor support
- Altering layout (Application switching, changing master size...)
- Fullscreening windows
- Multiple Desktops
- Status Bar
- Auto Start Commands
- Scratchpads
There is a script for Ubuntu users, all of the process is automated:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suleyman-kaya/Ragnar/main/ubuntu_installation.sh)"If you want to run Ragnar on your machine, clone this repo and install all dependencies
yay -S xorg xorg-dev xorg-xinit gcc make Then type this command to install the WM
sudo make ragnar installIf you get an error that states something like "ft2build.h could not be found", type:
sudo make freetypeThis copies the files of freetype to the location where xorg thinks it is. This resolves the issue and you can keep going with the installation.
Then, in your ~/.xinitrc add:
exec ragnar
In the config.h file specify your monitor setup in order for the WM to work as intended. Also, for configuration of the WM use the config.h file.
For the best experience, i suggest to use a X compositer like picom. I am using picom pijulius because i think it has very clean animation support. You can find my picom config here
This project is in early stage and not finished. So if you find bugs or have any problems, feel free to submit an issue. Especially multi monitor setups can be problematic with the current state of the code base.
RagnarWM is mainly inspired by dwm. I, myself used dwm as my main window manager in the past and i really liked the minimalist style of it. But i found it really frustrating how the default dwm repository was pretty much unusable out of the box. A lot of main features are non-existend in dwm or poorly designed. That's why i was inspired to create a minimal window manager that comes with usablity out of the box. I don't think usablity and features have to suffer with minimalism. But don't get me wrong, dwm is a great window manager and i had a really nice time using it.
| Keybind | Action |
|---|---|
| SUPER + Left Mouse/Middle Mouse | Select Window |
| SUPER + Enter | Open terminal |
| SUPER + W | Open Web-browser |
| SUPER + S | Open Application Launcher |
| SUPER + Q | Quit Application |
| SUPER + C | Quit WM |
| SUPER + Space | Add window to layout |
| SUPER + Up Arrow | Move window up in layout |
| SUPER + Down Arrow | Move window down in layout |
| SUPER + L | Increase master size in layout |
| SUPER + H | Decrease master size in layout |
| SUPER + J | Increase slave size in layout |
| SUPER + K | Decrease slave size in layout |
| SUPER + Plus | Increase gap size of windows |
| SUPER + Minus | Decrease gap size of windows |
| SUPER + F | Fullscreen selected window |
| SUPER + Shift + T | Set tiled master layout |
| SUPER + Shift + R | Set floating layout |
| SUPER + A | Cycle desktop down |
| SUPER + D | Cycle desktop up |
| SUPER + O | Cycle window one desktop down |
| SUPER + P | Cycle window one desktop down |
| SUPER + B | Cycle bar one monitor down |
| SUPER + N | Cycle bar one monitor up |
| SUPER + I | Toggle bar visibility |
| SUPER + Tab | Cycle through windows |