42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

Last Updated on September 19, 2025

25. BlurMyShell

This extensions adds a blur appearance to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview. You can apply the blue to the dash, panel, lockscreen, overview, applications, app folders, and window list extensions. There are also artefacts hacks, and options to change the dash opacity as well as the appfolder dialog opacity.

Website: github.com/aunetx/blur-my-shell

26. Burn My Windows

This extension is rather splendid eye-candy. There are lots of effects to choose from. We particularly like the T-Rex Attack and Matrix animations. For each class, there are tons of options to make your own truly personal animation for both the opening window animation and closing window animation.

If you want more eye candy, dip into our Linux Candy series.

Website: extensions.gnome.org/extension/4679/burn-my-windows

27. Coverflow Alt-Tab

This extension replaces the output of Alt-Tab. You traverse through windows in a cover-flow way.

This extension just adds a garnish of aesthetic beauty to your desktop.

Website: github.com/dmo60/CoverflowAltTab

28. PaperWM

PaperWM provides scrollable tiling of windows and per monitor workspaces. Its inspired by paper notebooks and tiling window managers. PaperWM is designed to work work well with keyboard and mouse, trackpads etc.

Website: github.com/paperwm/PaperWM

Next page: Page 8 – Emoji Copy, Tiling Assistant, Hide Activities Button, App Menu is Back

Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Dash to Dock, Arc Menu, OpenWeather Refined, Window-List
Page 2 – Custom Hot Corners – Extended, Vitals, Net speed Simplified, Clipboard Indicator
Page 3 – Desktop Icons NG, GSConnect, Recent Items, ddterm
Page 4 – Auto Move Windows, Places Status Indicator, Cronomix, Just Perfection
Page 5 – Top Panel Workspace Scroll, Picture of the Day, System monitor, Hanabi
Page 6 – Removable Drive Menu, V-Shell, Extension List, Frippery Panel Favorites
Page 7 – BlurMyShell, Burn My Windows, Coverflow Alt-Tab, PaperWM
Page 8 – Emoji Copy, Tiling Assistant, Hide Activities Button, App Menu is Back
Page 9 – WinTile, Colosseum, Impatience, Todoit
Page 10 – Panel corners, No overview at start-up, Caffeine, Luminus Shell
Page 11 – Lilypad Top Bar Manager, Dash to Panel, Tiling Shell

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