Unity Desktop Environment Alternatives

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15 best unity desktop environment alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Unity Desktop Environment alternative list source: unity.ubuntu.com

15 alternativesFree, Open Source, Commercial Linux, Windows, Mac

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15 best unity desktop environment alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Unity Desktop Environment alternative list source: unity.ubuntu.com

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Originally added: September 17, 2018

Compare Unity Desktop Environment alternatives

Compare top-ranked Unity Desktop Environment alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

Alternative	Score	License	Platforms
GNOME	99% 775 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
Xfce	99% 569 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
KDE Plasma	99% 567 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Windows, Mac, Linux
Cinnamon	98% 301 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
Docky	98% 261 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
MATE	96% 223 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
LXDE	97% 207 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
Avant Window Navigator	94% 127 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
ObjectDock	96% 113 archived votes	Commercial	Windows
Enlightenment	92% 91 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Mac, Linux
LXQt	88% 69 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
Budgie	89% 57 archived votes	Free, Open Source	Linux

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GNOME

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

A simple and elegant way to use your computer, Gnome 3 is designed to control. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD

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569

Xfce

Score: 99%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

(Pronounced as four separate letters) Turkish Unix and other Unix-like platforms, Linux, Solaris, BSD, and free software such as a desktop environment. It should Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD

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567

Score: 96%

CommercialWindows

"Users an attractive and fun animated Dock Shortcuts, programs and running tasks is a program that allows you to organize. Provision for user Features:Commercial,Windows

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Enlightenment

Score: 92%

FreeOpen SourceMacLinux

Enlightenment Linux X11/window managers, and for the other it is just not at the same time, a number of libraries, to beautiful user-help interfaces with much less work Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Linux,BSD

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LXQt

Score: 88%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

CONTAINS LXQt, the lightweight desktop environment based on QT Port and the upcoming version. It is a product of the merger between Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD

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Budgie

Score: 89%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

Solus and Solus parakeet flagship desktop OS is a part of the project. Designed with the modern user in mind, with a focus on simplicity and elegance. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux

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Cairo Shell

Score: 83%

FreeOpen SourceWindows

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. The goal is the efficiency and the developments in the current technology standards to improve the desktop experience. Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows

Circle Dock

Score: 79%

FreeOpen SourceWindows

The Dock the Dock, instead of the mouse, it should seem, that you move the mouse, with other programs, such as, for example, the idea behind circle dock. This Features:Free,Open,Source,Windows

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Lumina Desktop Environment

Score: 72%

FreeOpen SourceLinux

Easy light-on Qt-based, and Fluxbox, BSD licensed, standards-compliant desktop environment. Developed on PCBSD and Packed those Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD,PC-BSD

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