GNOME Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   hikari

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   hikari [ja. Light] is a stacking Wayland compositor which is actively developed on FreeBSD but also supports Linux.

   87 hikari alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   xfdashboard

    3 likes

   xfdashboard provides a GNOME shell dashboard like interface for use with the Xfce desktop. It can be configured to run to any keyboard shortcut and when executed provides an overview of applications...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   GNUstep

    5 likes

   GNUstep's core framework provides open source version of the Cocoa's (formerly known as OpenStep from NeXT) APIs and tools for as many platforms as possible.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Desktop Environment

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • United States

   

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   FyneDesk

    1 like

   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 (BSD-3-Clause)

   Application type

   • Desktop Environment

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Go (Programming Language)

   

   

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   Bluetile

    8 likes

   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

   • Window Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Linux

   • Germany
   • EU

   

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   CDE (Common Desktop Environment)

    10 likes

   The Common Desktop Environment was created by a collaboration of Sun, HP, IBM, DEC, SCO, Fujitsu and Hitachi. Used on a selection of commercial UNIXs, it is now available as open-source software for the first time.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Desktop Environment

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

   

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   Cortile

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   Linux auto tiling manager with hot corner support for Openbox, Fluxbox, IceWM, Xfwm, KWin, Marco, Muffin, Mutter and other EWMH compliant window managers using the X11 window system.

   49 Cortile alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Window Manager

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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    ProgwiDE

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    ProgwiDE - Simple and lightweight DE, made with Tk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Desktop Environment

    Origin

    • Ukraine

    Platforms

    • Linux

    • Ukraine

    

    

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