Download

xmonad comes in two parts.

• The core package includes all you need to get up and running with a minimalist window manager.
• The contrib package contains hundreds of extensions that can enhance the functionality of xmonad.

BSD/Linux distributions

xmonad is included in many distributions’ package repositories. See if yours is one:

If you think a distribution is missing from this list, let us know.

Notes for Debian/Ubuntu users:

On debian, xmonad is split into three packages, and it might not be obvious what they do.

• xmonad lets you run xmonad in its default configuration.
• libghc-xmonad-dev lets you write a configuration file using core functionality.
• libghc-xmonad-contrib-dev includes all of the contrib modules.

From git

Keep on the bleeding edge by tracking xmonad development:

git clone https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad
git clone https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib

You will need git to check out the code. Follow the install instructions and documentation to build, set up and configure xmonad.

Related tools

Here are some tools we’ve found work well with xmonad:

• program launchers:
  • dmenu
  • rofi
• status bars:
  • dzen
  • xmobar
  • taffybar
  • polybar
  • cnx
• systrays:
  • trayer
  • stalonetray
  • gtk-sni-tray
• terminals:
  • rxvt-unicode
  • alacritty