KDE Plasma Alternatives

KDE Plasma is described as 'Plasma is a cross-device work environment by the KDE Community where trust is put on the user's capacity to best define their own workflow and preferences' and is a very popular desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to KDE Plasma for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac and Linux Mobile apps. The best KDE Plasma alternative is GNOME, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like KDE Plasma are Xfce, Cinnamon, MATE and LXQt.

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  1. Maui Shell icon
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    Maui Shell is a convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. DDE icon
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    DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) is a Desktop Environment (DE) written in Qt for Deepin

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
    • Deepin
     
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    You don't know if the CCP gets your data while using it (mostly on Deepin)

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    • DDE is Free and Open SourceKDE Plasma is also Free and Open Source
  3. Window Maker icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. Lomiri icon
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    Lomiri is the open source mobile and desktop environment that adapts to you computing needs. Supported on all kinds devices.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Ubuntu Touch
     
  5. Phosh icon
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    Phosh is a pure Wayland shell for GNOME on mobile devices like the Purism Librem 5.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • GNOME
     
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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
     
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    Lumina is a lightweight, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment based upon Qt and Fluxbox. It is being developed on PC-BSD, and is being packaged for distribution on the PC-BSD package repository as well.

    57 Lumina Desktop Environment alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
     
  8. Emerge Desktop icon
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    Emerge Desktop is a replacement Windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. UKUI icon
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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
    • Ubuntu Kylin
     
  10. GNUstep icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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