Tutorials

Each tutorial builds one piece of a desktop on a running SomeWM session and leaves you with something you can see. Follow them in order; each uses what the one before made.

Tutorial	You end with
Try SomeWM without logging out	SomeWM running in a window on your current desktop
Learn the basics	Windows tiled, tags switched, your terminal in the config
Build a clock widget	A clock module with hover and click, in a box on screen
Build a bar	A bar with tags, tasks, the tray and your clock
Add keybindings	Your own shortcuts, including media keys
Make a theme	Your colors, fonts and borders in a theme file
Try the carousel layout	Columns that scroll instead of shrinking

For a single task with a known answer, use the how-to guides. For the full list of what a class can do, use the reference.