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brew install dwm v6.8 MIT

Dynamic window manager

11
30-day installs · #8471
43
90-day · #7752
251
365-day · #6779

Runtime dependencies

dmenu fontconfig libx11 libxft libxinerama

Links

Caveats

In order to use the Mac OS X command key for dwm commands,
change the X11 keyboard modifier map using xmodmap (1).

e.g. by running the following command from $HOME/.xinitrc
xmodmap -e 'remove Mod2 = Meta_L' -e 'add Mod1 = Meta_L'&

See also https://gist.github.com/311377 for a handful of tips and tricks
for running dwm on Mac OS X.
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