PaperWM
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PaperWM is a tiling window management approach that runs as a GNOME Shell extension. It implements the concept of scrollable tiling, where windows are placed side by side on an endlessly horizontal strip of paper and you move between them by scrolling left and right. Unlike typical tiling WMs that split windows to fit the screen size, it keeps window widths and extends the workspace sideways. A notable feature is that you can use it by simply enabling the extension on top of an existing GNOME environment, without installing a separate window manager.
Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell