Lumina Desktop Environment AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Window Managers

The best Window Manager alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Lumina Desktop Environment and many of them are Window Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Window Manager alternatives to Lumina Desktop Environment are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and COSMIC.

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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.

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Lumina Desktop Environment alternatives page was last updated Jul 18, 2023
  1. KDE Plasma icon
     417 likes

    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.

    26 KDE Plasma alternatives
    A typical Plasma desktop looks like this

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • postmarketOS

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Desktop Environment
    2.  Themes
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    4.  Transparency
    5.  Blurry transparency
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  Ad-free
    9.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    10.  Full-Text Search
    11.  No registration required
    12.  Support for scripting
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    Comments about KDE Plasma as an Alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment
     
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    The widest functionality & flexibility, the best integration w/ Linux, the biggest number of apps are developed w/ KDE in the mind.

    Positive commentMay 25, 2016
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    • KDE Plasma is the most popular Linux alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment.

    • KDE Plasma is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment.

    • KDE Plasma is Free and Open SourceLumina Desktop Environment is also Free and Open Source
    • KDE Plasma is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedLumina Desktop Environment is not according to our users
  2. GNOME icon
     476 likes

    An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to help you have the best possible computing experience.

    30 GNOME alternatives
    GNOME 40

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Clean design
    2.  Optimal performance
    3.  Privacy focused
    4.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Desktop Environment
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  No Tracking
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Rolling Release
    9.  Themes
    GNOME iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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  3. Xfce icon
     370 likes

    Xfce (pronounced as four individual letters) is a free software desktop environment for Unix and other Unix-like platforms, such as Linux, Solaris and BSD. It aims to be fast and lightweight, while still being visually appealing and easy to use.

    26 Xfce alternatives
    Xfce 4.14

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Desktop Environment
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Modular System
    4.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  No Tracking
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  4. Cinnamon icon
     191 likes

    Cinnamon is a Linux desktop which provides advanced innovative features and a traditional user experience. The desktop layout is similar to GNOME 2. The underlying technology is forked from GNOME Shell.

    24 Cinnamon alternatives
    Cinnamon 4.2

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Desktop Environment
    3.  High-dpi support
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    6.  Ad-free
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  5. COSMIC icon
     13 likes

    COSMIC is the name for the main shell components in Pop_Shell.

    33 COSMIC alternatives
    COSMIC screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    4.  Dock
    5.  No registration required
    6.  No Tracking
    COSMIC iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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  6. LXQt icon
     49 likes

    LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It is the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the .

    26 LXQt alternatives
    LXQt screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Desktop Environment
    2.  QT Based
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  X server
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  7. Budgie icon
     44 likes

    The Budgie Desktop is a feature-rich, modern desktop designed to keep out the way of the user. It consists of a number of components to provide a more complete desktop experience.

    25 Budgie alternatives
    A screenshot of the Budgie desktop running on Solus Linux. The Budgie settings manager is on the right, made specifically to customize the desktop. The rest of the settings are handled by the Gnome settings manager.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  No Tracking
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
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  8. Openbox icon
     78 likes

    Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.

    69 Openbox alternatives
    BlackWhite theme by lyrae @ box-look.org

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  KDE
    Discontinued

    No actively developed anymore. Last commit was in 2015.

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  9. Enlightenment icon
     51 likes

    Enlightenment is a Window Manager, Compositor and Minimal Desktop for Linux (the primary platform), BSD and any other compatible UNIX system.

    25 Enlightenment alternatives
    Enlightenment screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  X server
    Enlightenment iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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    • Enlightenment is the most popular Mac alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment.

    • Enlightenment is Free and Open SourceLumina Desktop Environment is also Free and Open Source
    • Enlightenment is LightweightLumina Desktop Environment is not according to our users
  10. Kera Desktop icon
     6 likes

    An easy, pleasant, speedy, and exciting way to use your favorite OS.

    34 Kera Desktop alternatives
    Kera Desktop screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Portable
    3.  Separated workspaces
    4.  Workspaces
    Kera Desktop iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

    Kera Desktop VS Lumina Desktop Environment

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    • Kera Desktop is the most popular Windows alternative to Lumina Desktop Environment.

    • Kera Desktop is Free and Open SourceLumina Desktop Environment is also Free and Open Source
    • Kera Desktop is Lightweight and Privacy focusedLumina Desktop Environment is not according to our users
  11. Fluxbox icon
     33 likes

    Fluxbox is a window manager for X that was based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. It is very light on resources and easy to handle but yet full of features to make an easy, and extremely fast, desktop experience. It is built using C++ and licensed under the MIT license.

    67 Fluxbox alternatives
    fluxbox with a custom theme

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • C++
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  12. awesome icon
     34 likes

    awesome is a highly configurable, next generation framework window manager for X. It is very fast, extensible and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license.

    75 awesome alternatives
    awesome screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    awesome Features

    1.  X server
    2.  Tiling
    3.  Extensible window manager
    awesome iconLumina Desktop Environment Icon

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