In Unix computing, Ion is a tiling and tabbing window manager for the X Window System. It is designed such that it is possible to manage windows using only a keyboard, without needing a mouse. It is the successor of PWM and is written by the same author, Tuomo Valkonen. Since the first release of Ion in the summer 2000, similar alternative window management ideas have begun to show in other new window managers: Larswm, ratpoison, StumpWM, wmii, xmonad and dwm.
- Country
- Finland
- Website
- http://modeemi.fi/~tuomov/ion/, https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/, https://tuomov.iki.fi/software/ion/