Cinnamon is the most popular Linux alternative to Aqua.
Cinnamon is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Aqua.
- Cinnamon is Free and Open Source
- Cinnamon is Customizable, Privacy focused and Lightweight
Aqua AlternativesDesktop Environments and other similar apps like Aqua
Aqua is described as 'The graphical user interface, design language and visual theme of Apple's macOS operating system' and is a desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are six alternatives to Aqua for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, BSD, Go (Programming Language) and Mac apps. The best Aqua alternative is Cinnamon, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Aqua are COSMIC, Kera Desktop, Komorebi Window Manager and hikari.
Alternatives list


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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Chrome OS


Kera Desktop is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Aqua.
- Kera Desktop is Free and Open Source
- Kera Desktop is Lightweight and Privacy focused
komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above.


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hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD


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FyneDesk is an easy to use Linux/Unix desktop environment following material design. It is built using the Fyne toolkit and is designed to be easy to use as well as easy to develop. We use the Go language and welcome any contributions or feedback for the project.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Go (Programming Language)













