KDE Plasma AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Window Managers - Page 2

The best Window Manager alternative to KDE Plasma is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to KDE Plasma and 13 are Window Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Window Manager alternatives to KDE Plasma are Xfce, Cinnamon, COSMIC and LXQt.

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KDE Plasma alternatives page was last updated Oct 6, 2024
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    Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.

    40 Window Maker alternatives
    Window Maker, from www.windowmaker.org

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Window Maker Features

    1.  Unix-like
    Window Maker iconKDE Plasma Icon

    Window Maker VS KDE Plasma

    Is Window Maker a good alternative to KDE Plasma?
     
  2. EDE icon
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    Equinox Desktop Environment is simple and small graphical desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

    22 EDE alternatives
    EDE screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris

    EDE Features

    1.  X server
    EDE iconKDE Plasma Icon

    EDE VS KDE Plasma

    Is EDE a good alternative to KDE Plasma?
     
  3. Bluetile icon
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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.

    87 Bluetile alternatives
    Bluetile screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Bluetile Features

    1.  Snap windows
    Discontinued

    The last commit on this software is ten years ago and the GNOME desktop has moved on. Notably, it is now difficult to replace the default window manager in GNOME.

    Bluetile iconKDE Plasma Icon

    Bluetile VS KDE Plasma

    Is Bluetile a good alternative to KDE Plasma?
     
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