onuralpszr / bismuth

KDE Plasma add-on, that tiles your windows automatically and lets you manage them via keyboard, similarly to i3, Sway or dwm.

🌈 Bismuth 🌈

Making tiling window management easy. On KDE Plasma.

Arrange your windows in different grids to minimize the mouse usage.

🌟 Features 🌟

Automatic window tiling

Save your time by automatically managing windows on your screen.

autotile.mp4

Plasma integration

Power-up your workflow using native Plasma features - Virtual Desktops and Activities.

workspaces.mp4

Multiple Layouts

Use different layouts in different contexts.

layouts.mp4

🏁 Getting Started

Requirements

• A Linux distribution with KDE Plasma version 5.20 or higher
• Qt version 5.15 or higher
• KDE Frameworks version 5.78 or higher

You can check if your system matches these requirements by going to System Settings > About this System.

Installation

⚠️ Distributions' packages are not affiliated with Bismuth developers. If you encounter any issues with the incorrect installation, you should contact the package maintainer first.

Arch Linux

• AUR

Debian

• Volian Repository

Ubuntu

• Official Repo:

  sudo apt install bismuth

• Volian Repository

Fedora

• Capucho Copr

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

• home:rxmd OBS Repository

Gentoo

• VipreML Overlay

Solus

• Solus

From Source

• See Dev Docs

If you know a packaging solution for a distribution, that is not in the list, please open a pull request.

Usage

🎉 To start using Bismuth enable it in System Settings > Window Management > Window Tiling. Additionally, you can decorate your windows in a tiling window manager style (border-only windows) using the window decoration, that comes with Bismuth. To do so, go to System Settings > Appearance > Window Decorations and select the Bismuth decoration.

⌨️ You can view the shortcuts in System Settings > Shortcuts > Window Tiling. If you used Krohnkite before, you can import some of its shortcuts using the bash script.

🔧 If you want, you may also make a couple of manual fixes and tweaks to improve your experience with window tiling. See Tweaks section.

Configuration

You can configure Bismuth in the System Settings > Window Management > Window Tiling.

🤝 Acknowledgments

This project was made possible because of the hard work of other people on Krohnkite KWin Tiling Script.