SphereXP Alternatives

SphereXP is described as 'The SphereXP is a 3D desktop replacement for Microsoft Windows. Taking the known concept of three-dimensional desktops to its own level. It offers a new way to organize objects on the desktop such as icons and applications. It has been tried out by millions worldwide' and is a desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SphereXP for Windows, Linux, BSD and PortableApps.com. The best SphereXP alternative is Noctalia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SphereXP are Cairo Shell, VirtuaWin, WindowBlinds and Window Maker.

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  1. Noctalia icon
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    Noctalia is a beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland built with Quickshell. It’s designed with a “quiet by design” philosophy, providing a complete desktop experience that stays out of your way.

    37 Noctalia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Linux
     
    • Noctalia is the most popular Linux alternative to SphereXP.

    • Noctalia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SphereXP.

    • Noctalia is Free and Open SourceSphereXP is Free and Proprietary
    • Noctalia is Minimalistic, Customizable and Privacy focusedSphereXP is not according to our users
  2. Cairo Shell icon
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    Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. Its goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards.

    37 Cairo Shell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • Cairo Shell is the most popular Windows alternative to SphereXP.

    • Cairo Shell is Free and Open SourceSphereXP is Free and Proprietary
    • Cairo Shell is CustomizableSphereXP is not according to our users
  3. VirtuaWin icon
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    VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called ‘workspaces’).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  4. WindowBlinds icon
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    Customize Windows 10 and 11 with skins for Start menu and taskbar. Includes SkinStudio for designing skins, offering personalized fonts, and color and transparency adjustments.

    37 WindowBlinds alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • WindowBlinds is the most popular commercial alternative to SphereXP.

    • WindowBlinds is Paid and ProprietarySphereXP is Free and Proprietary
  5. 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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. dt_noodle icon
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    This is a desktop switcher for Windows that uses real folders and restores icon positions. Much better than the Virtual Desktop provided by Microsoft. It is a single exe file to be placed in a good place and opened from there.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. xoblite icon
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    xoblite is an advanced "extended shell" for Microsoft® Windows® 10/11, part of the Blackbox for Windows family.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    bug.n is a tiling window manager add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language AutoHotkey.

    86 bug.n alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. bbLean icon
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    bbLean is the lean version of Blackbox for Windows. It tries to keep balance between features and complexity, to give you some efficient means within a compact shell.

    15 bbLean alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Talisman Desktop is a configurable Windows shell replacement introduced in 1997 by Lighttek Software. It is available in a number of languages including English, French, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Russian and Italian.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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