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.
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Dux Alternatives
Apps similar to Dux include Open Shell, which is free and open source. Other options are Noctalia, wayle, Cairo Shell and Phosh. In total there are nine Desktop Environments like Dux for Linux and Windows.
Alternatives list
- 44 Open Shell alternatives
42 Noctalia alternativesNoctalia is a beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland built with Quickshell. It’s designed with a “quiet by design” philosophy, providing a complete desktop experience that stays out of your way.
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21 wayle alternativesA Wayland desktop shell with the bar, notifications, OSD, wallpaper, and device controls built in. Written in Rust with GTK4 and Relm4.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Since
- Since 2026
47 Cairo Shell alternativesCairo 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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27 Quickshell alternativesQuickshell is a toolkit for building status bars, widgets, lockscreens, and other desktop components using QtQuick. It can be used alongside your wayland compositor or window manager to build a complete desktop environment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Since
- Since 2025
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xoblite is an advanced "extended shell" for Microsoft® Windows® 10/11, part of the Blackbox for Windows family.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Since
- Since 2025
4 Caelestia Shell alternativesCaelestia Shell is a customizable desktop shell for Linux, built with Quickshell and QML. It provides a fluid, animated desktop interface with widgets and system controls, designed to work with Hyprland and the wider Caelestia desktop configuration.
