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Compositing Window Managers

MangoWC – Wayland compositor

December 9, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

MangoWC is as lightweight as dwl, and can be built completely within a few seconds. Despite this, Mango does not compromise on functionality.

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Application Launchers

dtsl – Dustin’s Simple TUI Launcher

December 4, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, TUI

dtsl is a fast, keyboard-driven application launcher for the terminal with fuzzy search and extensive theming support.

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Compositing Window Managers

hypr-cycle – cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland

December 2, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Utilities

hypr-cycle is a fast, minimal Rust utility to cycle through workspaces on the currently focused monitor in Hyprland.

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fsel – fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder

November 30, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, TUI

fsel is a fast TUI app launcher and fuzzy finder for Linux and *BSD.

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Noctalia – minimal desktop shell for Wayland

November 3, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Utilities

Noctalia is billed as a beautiful, minimal desktop shell for Wayland that actually gets out of your way.

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Mending Wall – fixes common problems when using more than one desktop environment

October 15, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI, Utilities

Mending Wall is a Linux application to fix issues when hopping between multiple desktop environments.

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Application Launchers

Vicinae – native launcher for the desktop

September 12, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Vicinae is a high-performance, native launcher for your desktop — built with C++ and Qt.

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Application Launchers

Walker – fast application launcher

September 1, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, GUI

Walker is a fast, customizable application launcher built with GTK4 and Rust, designed for Linux desktop environments.

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Sticky Notes

12 Best Free and Open Source Sticky Note Applications

June 8, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Productivity, Roundup, Utilities

A sticky note (often known as a Post-it Note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue on its back. Here’s our verdict.

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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI Weather Tools

May 19, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Scientific

Here’s our verdict on the best GUI weather tools. Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion.

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Video

18 Best Free and Open Source Media Players

April 27, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, Desktop, Multimedia, Roundup

A media player is software that lets you watch video and listen to music on your computer. We cover the best free and open source options.

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GNOME Extensions

42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

March 17, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Reviews, Roundup

Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 42 cool GNOME extensions.

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Compositing Window Managers

14 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors

January 14, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop, Roundup, Utilities

This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.

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Best Free Window Managers

croissant – stacking Wayland compositor

January 6, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

croissant is a stacking Wayland compositor that’s written in the C programming language.

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Compositing Window Managers

Jay – Wayland compositor

January 2, 2025 Steve Emms Desktop

Jay is a Wayland compositor which offers an i3 look and feel.

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Compositing Window Managers

Miriway – Mir based Wayland compositor

December 31, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.

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Compositing Window Managers

stagen – wlroots-based wayland compositor

December 29, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

stagen is a simple experimental wlroots-based wayland compositor.

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Compositing Window Managers

Mahogany – tiling window manager for Wayland

December 9, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM.

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Compositing Window Managers

Hopalong – simple Wayland compositor

December 5, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

Hopalong is a simple Wayland compositor with a feature set that’s comparable to XFWM.

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Compositing Window Managers

wlmaker – Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker

December 3, 2024 Steve Emms Desktop

wlmaker is a Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker, an X11 window manager originally designed to integrate with GNUstep.

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