KATRIAWM(1)

💅 KATRIAWM 💅

okay so picture this: you're on X11, and you need a window manager. not a loud one. not one with a settings app and twelve tabs and a wizard. just... a window manager. that's katriawm, bestie — Katria Window Manager for X11, page 1 of the General Commands Manual, and honestly? she's iconic for how little she asks of you. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

katriawm

that's it. that's the whole invocation. no flags, no files, no drama. 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

katriawm is a simple window managar for X11.

she is, like, deliberately low maintenance. no cap. 🦋

here's the thing though — you don't usually talk to her directly. katriawm is usually controlled by katriac(1), and the bars? those are usually created with the help of katriabi(1). so go read those manpages, bestie, for real. i'm not gatekeeping, i'm literally pointing you at the good stuff. 🫶

and listen — there are no options to specify and no files to read. none. zero. katriawm is configured at compile time, which means the config is baked in before she ever runs. a tutorial is included in the source code, so if you want to change her vibe you're gonna have to get your hands into the build. it's giving "you build her, you know her." 💖

ngl if you showed up looking for a config file to edit at runtime: there isn't one. that's not a bug, that's the whole personality. ✨

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

• DISPLAY — the X11 display to connect to. this is the one (1) environment variable she cares about. 👑

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👑 LICENSE 👑

katriawm is released under the MIT license. see the accompanying LICENSE file. slay, permissive licensing, we love to see it. 🌈

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💀 HISTORY 💀

katriawm was originally written by movq. the project was started in December 2015. so she's been around — a real elder of the minimalist WM scene. main character energy since 2015, fr fr. ⭐

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

• katriabi(1)
• katriac(1)
• nhkd(1)

iykyk — go read all three, they're the rest of the story. 🔥

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mwah, that's a wrap 💜 this page came to you from the Debian build of the manual, dated 2025-08-03. go forth and manage some windows, bestie — you've got this. 🎀✨