DMS Alternatives

DMS is described as 'Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to DMS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, BSD, Mac and Linux Mobile apps. The best DMS alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like DMS are Xfce, Seelen UI, Open Shell and Noctalia.

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  1. UKUI icon

    UKUI

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    UKUI is a lightweight desktop environment based on pluggable framework for Linux and other Unix-like Distributions. It is developed using GTK and Qt.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    UKUI screenshot 1
     

  2. Moksha

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    Fork of Enlightenment version 17 (commonly called E17) used as the main desktop environment on Bodhi Linux

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Talisman Desktop icon

    Talisman Desktop

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    Talisman Desktop is a configurable Windows shell replacement introduced in 1997 by Lighttek Software. It is available in a number of languages including English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian.

    25 Talisman Desktop alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Talisman 3.0, theme: Carbon
     

    • Talisman Desktop is the most popular commercial alternative to DMS.

    • Talisman Desktop is Paid and ProprietaryDMS is Free and Open Source
    • Talisman Desktop is CustomizableDMS is not according to our users
  5. Bluetile icon

    Bluetile

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    Bluetile is a tiling window manager for Linux, designed to integrate with the GNOME desktop environment. It provides both a traditional, stacking layout mode as well as tiling layouts where windows are arranged to use the entire screen without overlapping.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Bluetile screenshot 1
     
  6. DeskSpace icon

    DeskSpace

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    DeskSpace is a 3D desktop visualisation tool, allowing you to seamlessly switch between 9 desktops.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DeskSpace screenshot 1
     
  7. GeoShell icon

    GeoShell

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    GeoShell - The premier minimalist Windows shell replacement. It replaces the default Explorer interface. It features menu bars—“geoBars”—that can be dragged-and-dropped anywhere on the users screen. There are also desktop menus that can be triggered whenever a user clicks...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Example of GeoShell desktop
     
  9. Liteshell icon

    Liteshell

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    tiny windows shell (explorer.exe) replacement designed for slow PCs. Is a minimalist's shell - no screen space is occupied by the shell. When you right-click on the desktop or press a hotkey, a menu provides access to your programs, documents, tasks and anything else you.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Liteshell screenshot 1
     
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