Xfce Alternatives

Xfce is described as '(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' and is a very popular desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Xfce for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Windows, Wayland and Mac apps. The best Xfce alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Xfce are GNOME, Cinnamon, Noctalia and LXQt.

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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. 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
     
  4. DMS icon
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    Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc.

    33 DMS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  5.  3 likes

    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
     
  6. 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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. 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
     
  9. 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
     
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