Alternatives to Classic Start 8 for all platforms with any license

Open Shell

Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start menu to modern versions of Microsoft Windows.

Free Open Source Windows
Change Start Button Customize Windows System Tweaker Support for Themes Add a feature

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Classic Shell

Classic Shell is free software getting back the better start menu from Win7 in Win10!.
- Discontinued
  The developer announced that Classic Shell will be no longer developed because Windows 10 is updated too frequently and because Microsoft is making more difficult to customize Windows: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147 Last version, 4.3.1, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website, together with the source code.
Free Open Source Windows
Customizable Change Start Button Customize Windows Multiple languages ... System Tweaker Add a feature

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Power8

The start menu replacer for Win8, styled and integrated inside taskbar. Designed for Windows8 (v.1.0.1 tested under RTM 9200), works under XP SP3 and Se7en SP1 as well....

Free Open Source Windows
Launcher Multiple languages Add a feature

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StartIsBack

StartIsBack returns Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. StartIsBack radically improves desktop...

Commercial Windows
Customizable Task Management Add a feature

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Pokki

Pokki puts web-connected apps in your taskbar, so they're always only one click away. Welcome to the modern desktop.
- Discontinued
  The program seems to be no longer updated. Social pages are not updated since 2014. Last version can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Windows
Program Launchers Launcher Add a feature

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Start10

Start10 adds the familiar Windows 7 start menu experience to Windows 10 .

Commercial Windows
Customizable Add a feature

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Start Menu X

Start Menu X is a replacement of the system menu for professionals. Virtual Groups Group programs by purpose (office applications, graphics, etc) without changing...

Freemium Windows
Customizable Add a feature

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Start8

Return the Start Button to Windows 8 With these features: - Search for Windows 8-style (Modern UI) apps - Pin desktop and Metro apps to the start menu - Jump List...

Commercial Windows
System Tweaker Add a feature

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Start Menu Reviver

Start Menu Reviver offers an improved Start Menu for Windows 8/7 that blends the traditional Start Menu functions with the Windows 8 design concept and provides quick...

Free Windows
No features added Add a feature

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Handy Start Menu

Do you often find yourself looking for a program in the long list of the Start menu? The Handy Start Menu, a small utility will make your computation much easier and...
- Discontinued
  The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.98, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

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