Qtile
Ranked 8 of 11 tiling window managers by recommenders
People recommend Qtile as a stable, flexible tiling window manager that you configure and extend in Python. Critics say its Wayland support lags behind.
People recommend Qtile as a stable, flexible tiling window manager that you configure and extend in Python. Critics say its Wayland support lags behind.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 90%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 9 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Configured and extended in Python
“modify everything in python, can import any module of it and can install anything”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Hyprland 0.55 announced the switch to Lua for its config files” “Very flexible and easily hackable in python yet reasonably stable and fast”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Pop_OS 24.04 LTS with COSMIC desktop environment” “enjoyed how easy it was to extend, given it is configured with Python”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “The Qtile Window Manager: A Python-Powered Tiling Experience” Good tiling window manager
“Give Qtile a go if you've been looking for a Tiling Window Manager.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “The Qtile Window Manager: A Python-Powered Tiling Experience” “tilling-WMs like AwesomeWM and QTile”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file (2020)” Good experience overall
“It is so underrated, it is really really good and I absolutely love it.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “The Qtile Window Manager: A Python-Powered Tiling Experience” “It was a pretty great experience over all.”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “The Qtile Window Manager: A Python-Powered Tiling Experience”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wayland support lags
“It's a shame it isnt quite there with wayland.”
Comment from 21 Nov 2025 in “The Qtile Window Manager: A Python-Powered Tiling Experience” Feels less natural than Niri
“I was able to get a decent custom config with Qtile, but Niri is so much more natural.”
Comment from 25 Apr 2026 in “Niri 26.04 was just released (scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor)”
Other tiling window managers people recommend
The four most recommended other tiling window managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niri | 125 | 17 | 88% | 13 | 6 mo16 owners | Approved |
| Sway | 81 | 23 | 78% | 12 | 4 yrs17 owners | Approved |
| AeroSpace | 77 | 12 | 87% | 12 | 4 mo10 owners | Approved |
| i3 window manager | 70 | 9 | 89% | 12 | — | Approved |
| QtileThis page | 9 | 1 | 90% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“modify everything in python, can import any module of it and can install anything”
“I was able to get a decent custom config with Qtile, but Niri is so much more natural.”
“now I'm starting to notice lag”
“tilling-WMs like AwesomeWM and QTile”
“Very flexible and easily hackable in python yet reasonably stable and fast”
“It was a pretty great experience over all.”
“enjoyed how easy it was to extend, given it is configured with Python”
“I don't have any complaints at all. It's an extremely functional piece of software”
“It's a shame it isnt quite there with wayland.”
“It is so underrated, it is really really good and I absolutely love it.”
“Give Qtile a go if you've been looking for a Tiling Window Manager.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.