Awesome is a programmable tiling window manager for the X11 Window System. It functions as a dynamic window manager that automatically arranges application windows into non-overlapping tiles based on predefined layout rules to maximize screen space.
The project provides a scriptable desktop environment where system behaviors and layouts are defined through an embedded Lua interpreter. This allows for the creation of a personalized interface and a keyboard-driven workflow for managing application windows.
The system covers dynamic window layout management and the configuration of system behavior. It includes capabilities for event-driven execution and the management of client-side decorations to control the appearance of windows.
