The Pek Window Manager is written by Claes Nästen, the code is based on the aewm++ window manager, but it has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ at all. It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to ion, pwm, or fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more.

• Lightweight and Unobtrusive, a window manager shouldn't be noticed.
• Very configurable, we all work and think in different ways.
• Automatic properties, for all the lazy people, make things appear as they should when starting applications.
• Chainable Keygrabber, usability for everyone.

Latest News

Claes Nästén

Yay! pekwm-0.1.7 released!

Finally, a new version of pekwm is released! I would like to thank ioerror for making this release not happening even later than it already did! Find the download URL below!

2008-08-06 23:28

Claes Nästén

pekwm.org back up with new backend

Now pekwm.org is up and running with the septic backend instead of trac. pekwm development is now being done in GIT instead of SVN. There are still issues with domain handling so expect some broken links. Apart from this site being back up pekwm-0.1.7 isn't far away, some more testing and we should be there!

2008-05-01 22:51

Claes Nästén

Start move to projects.pekdon.net

I'm currently working on getting projects.pekdon.net into a good enough shape so that pekwm.org activity can be moved over. Most basic functionality is now available but I would not expect a full move until the end of the year.

2007-09-20 20:12

Documentation

• HTML documentation for 0.1.7 version.
• PDF documentation for 0.1.7 version.
• FAQ for 0.1.7 version.
• More options for 0.1.7 version.

For the adventurous people using pekwm directly from GIT:

• HTML documentation for GIT version.

Reporting bugs

Go to the tasks section and first make sure the same issue has not been reported before. When that's done, please provide as much relevant information as possible about your configuration, system and how to reproduce.

Community

IRC: #pekwm at irc.freenode.net

Mailing lists: pekwm-users and pekwm-devel (more info)

Themes:

• hewphoria pekwm themes
• box-look pekwm themes

Links:

• ukurama pekwm configuration
• Gentoo pekwm HOWTO

Fun

Screenshots

Screenshots have their own page.

Pronouncing pekwm

Ever wondered on how to pronounce this funny word pekwm? Here you can listen to how the pekwm crew and users pronounce it. All soundbites are ogg encoded.

• pekdon
• shared
• isene

Last.fm group

Join the PekWM group at Last.fm or just take a look at what us PekWM using people listen to.

Apparel

There are pekwm apparel available at CafePress, go visit the Store

akira has mastered an evil plan to take over the world with bling-bling like the pekwm amulette.

Development

To do a initial checkout of the pekwm development sources do:

 git clone http://www.pekwm.org/git/pekwm.git

Then it is possible to track changes by just downloading the latest updates by doing this from within the pekwm directory created by the initial checkout.

 git pull

If you do not want to or do not have access to a git client just press the box icon in the code section and it will download a snapshot of the current git tree.