Best GNOME Alternatives (33)

LXQt

LXQt is a lightweight Qt-based desktop environment for Linux. It focuses on being modular, customizable, and resource efficient for lower-end …

Window Maker

Window Maker is an X11 window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the GNUstep Desktop Environment. It's fast, …

LXDE

Open Source

LXDE is a lightweight desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is designed to be resource-friendly and …

Cinnamon

Open Source

Cinnamon is a free and open-source desktop environment for the Linux operating system. It provides an intuitive user interface and …

CDE (Common Desktop Environment)

Free

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is a desktop environment that was commonly used in commercial UNIX operating systems in the 1990s. …

Lumina Desktop Environment

Open Source

Lumina Desktop Environment is a lightweight, open source desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It is designed to use minimal …

KDE Plasma

Free

KDE Plasma is a customizable desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It features a graphical user interface …

Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE)

Free

Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) is a free software desktop environment forked from KDE 3.5, providing a lightweight and customizable desktop. …

Xfce

Free

Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for Linux and UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on …

Bluetile

Open Source

Bluetile is an open-source tiling window manager for Linux that organizes open windows in a grid-like pattern on the screen. …

Moksha

Open Source

Moksha is a modular open source desktop that emphasizes flexibility, stability and a non-intrusive user interface. It aims to provide …

Hyprland

Open Source

Hyprland is a dynamic tiling Wayland compositor known for its speed, customizability and minimal resource usage. It supports tiling, floating …

GNUstep

Open Source

GNUstep is an open source implementation of the Cocoa/Cocoa Touch frameworks used on Apple platforms like macOS, iOS, iPadOS and …

Razor-qt

Razor-qt is a lightweight, fast, and user-friendly desktop environment for Linux and BSD operating systems. It uses Openbox as the …

i3

Free

i3 is a tiling window manager for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. It is designed to be simple, fast, …

Unity Desktop Environment

Open Source

Unity Desktop Environment is a graphical desktop environment designed for Linux systems. It was originally developed by Canonical for Ubuntu …

UKUI

UKUI is a lightweight desktop environment based on GNOME and developed primarily for Chinese Linux distributions. It focuses on simplicity, …

Phosh

Free

Phosh is a lightweight desktop shell for Linux mobile devices including smartphones and tablets. It provides an intuitive interface optimised …

Sway

Free

Sway is a digital storytelling app by Microsoft that allows users to create visually engaging reports, presentations, personal stories and …

xfdashboard

xfdashboard is an application dashboard for the Xfce desktop environment on Linux. It provides an easy way to access frequently …

Enlightenment

Open Source

Enlightenment is a very lightweight and highly configurable desktop environment for Linux and BSD operating systems. It focuses on simplicity, …