Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. Its goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards.
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KDE Plasma Alternatives for Windows
KDE Plasma is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Cairo Shell, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to KDE Plasma and five of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to KDE Plasma are Kera Desktop, Window Maker, Emerge Desktop and GNUstep.
Alternatives list
39 Cairo Shell alternatives
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS
Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
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Emerge Desktop is a replacement Windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the...
25 GNUstep alternativesGNUstep's core framework provides open source version of the Cocoa's (formerly known as OpenStep from NeXT) APIs and tools for as many platforms as possible.
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doesn't target the same OS