LXQt Alternatives

LXQt is described as 'The Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE, the Lightweight Desktop Environment. It the product of the merge between the LXDE-Qt and the ' and is a popular desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to LXQt for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Wayland and Mac apps. The best LXQt alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LXQt are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and Noctalia.

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  1. 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
     
  2. DMS icon
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    Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  3.  3 likes

    Fork of Enlightenment version 17 (commonly called E17) used as the main desktop environment on Bodhi Linux

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Maui Shell icon
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    Maui Shell is a convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PC-BSD
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Ubuntu Touch
     
  8. EDE icon
     9 likes

    Equinox Desktop Environment is simple and small graphical desktop environment for UNIX operating systems

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Solaris
     
  9. Doorwin icon
     Like

    Doorwin is a professional measurement, take-off, and quotation software for door and window projects. It is designed for architects, manufacturers, PVC and aluminum window companies, and installation teams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  10. SonicDE icon
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    X11-focused, init-agnostic desktop environment forked from KDE, actively removing Wayland elements, supporting Linux and BSD, working on a Vulkan backend, prioritizing compatibility with X.Org Server and adopting new X11 features without init dependencies.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
     
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