# bspwm

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/bspwm/

5 people recommended bspwm in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend bspwm as a minimal tiling window manager for X11 that gives simple building blocks to configure however you like.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Minimal, simple, and customizable (3 comments in the sample): "Ive personally always enjoyed more minimal window mangers like DWM and BSPWM on X11" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666546)) "BSPWM gives me all the primitive building blocks and lets me go wild with them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48985471)) "For graphical programs I prefer using a simple window manager like bspwm on X" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581632))

## Other tiling window managers people recommend

- [Niri](https://hackerapproved.com/p/niri/): 103 recommend, 10 mixed, 12 criticize
- [AeroSpace](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aerospace/): 62 recommend, 13 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Sway](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sway/): 62 recommend, 16 mixed, 22 criticize
- [i3 window manager](https://hackerapproved.com/p/i3/): 61 recommend, 9 mixed, 8 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "bspwm", https://hackerapproved.com/p/bspwm/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.