Alternatives to Cairo Shell for all platforms with any license

Xfce

Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be...

Free Open Source Linux BSD
Lightweight Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System Desktop Environment Add a feature

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KDE Plasma

Plasma is a cross-device work environment by the KDE Community where trust is put on the user's capacity to best define their own workflow and preferences.

Free Open Source Linux BSD postmarketOS
Customizable Blurry transparency Desktop Environment Extensible by Plugins/Extensions ... Full text search Lightweight Optimized for Fastboot mode Add a feature

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LXDE

The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment.

Free Open Source Linux BSD
Lightweight Desktop Environment X server Add a feature

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VirtuaWin

VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize...
- Discontinued
  Last release in 2012. See https://virtuawin.sourceforge.io/?page_id=97
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Portable Add a feature

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Budgie

Budgie is the flagship desktop of the Solus OS and is part of the Solus Project. Designed with the modern user in mind, it focuses on simplicity and elegance.

Free Open Source Linux
Desktop Environment Add a feature

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LXQt

LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product of the merge between the...

Free Open Source Linux BSD
Lightweight Desktop Environment X server Add a feature

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Finder

The Finder is the default file manager and graphical user interface shell used on all Macintosh operating systems.

Free Mac
File management File transfer Support for FTP Miller columns ... Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Enlightenment

Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of libraries to help you create beautiful user interfaces with much less work...

Free Open Source Mac Linux BSD
Lightweight Desktop Environment Add a feature

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bug.n

bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey. What it can do Provide layouts for resizing...

Free Open Source Windows
Tiling Customization Feed Reader Portable ... RSS Workspaces Add a feature

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bbLean

bbLean is the lean version of Blackbox for Windows. It tries to keep balance between features and complexity, to give you some efficient means within a compact shell. ...
- Discontinued
  The project is no longer developed. Last version, 1.17.1, released in May 2009, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Windows
System Tweaker Add a feature

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