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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:05:33 +0000Is it possible to run i3 in MS Windowshttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively?Thu, 16 May 2013 20:23:00 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/Comment by Wesley for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1887#comment-1887Only if you apply the GNU / Linux patch.Fri, 24 May 2013 18:58:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1887#comment-1887Comment by matma6 for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1878#comment-1878What about replacing explorer with Xorg?Fri, 24 May 2013 08:24:23 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1878#comment-1878Comment by killown for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1843#comment-1843use linux insteadSun, 19 May 2013 04:36:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1843#comment-1843Answer by João Manoel for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=6147#post-id-6147I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx.Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:50:30 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=6147#post-id-6147Comment by João Manoel for I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startx. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6150#comment-6150https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:05:33 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6150#comment-6150Answer by sLite for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1829#post-id-1829I don't think its possible, i3 is a windowsmanager for X11. MS Windows handles windowmanagement completely fdifferent. But there are tiling WMs for Windows out there. www.winsplit-revolution.com www.autohotkey.net/~joten/bug.n.htmlThu, 16 May 2013 20:49:43 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1829#post-id-1829Answer by dosimple for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1835#post-id-1835well, there is openbox (cygwin.com/packages/openbox/) in cygwin. so it must be possible. but, only X windows would be managed. btw, cygwin is awesome.Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:18 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1835#post-id-1835Comment by dosimple for well, there is openbox (cygwin.com/packages/openbox/) in cygwin. so it must be possible. but, only X windows would be managed. btw, cygwin is awesome. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1836#comment-1836forgot to mention, there is no socket in cygwin filesystem yet. so maybe is a limitation.Fri, 17 May 2013 19:45:38 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=1836#comment-1836Answer by Michael for i3 is great wm, so I wanna use it inside MS Windows. Is it possible? Can I compile X somehow and then i3? Or maybe can I use i3 natively? https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1826#post-id-1826No, not that I know of. Somebody once tried to compile it with cygwin, but I never heard from that person again.Thu, 16 May 2013 20:39:46 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?answer=1826#post-id-1826Comment by João Manoel for No, not that I know of. Somebody once tried to compile it with cygwin, but I never heard from that person again. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6149#comment-6149https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2t3bnv108qnl1e/i3-cannot-start.png?dl=0Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:04:32 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6149#comment-6149Comment by João Manoel for No, not that I know of. Somebody once tried to compile it with cygwin, but I never heard from that person again. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6148#comment-6148I compiled i3 successfully with cygwin. But I can not initialize it with startxFri, 19 Jun 2015 20:51:02 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1825/is-it-possible-to-run-i3-in-ms-windows/?comment=6148#comment-6148