Open Source Linux Desktop Environment Software
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View 76 business solutionsBrowse free open source Desktop Environment software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Desktop Environment software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Microsoft's TrueType core fonts
A smart package of Microsoft's core fonts
So far this project consists of a source rpm that can be used to easily create a binary rpm package that, when installed, gives access to Microsoft's TrueType core fonts for the Web. -
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KeePass
A lightweight and easy-to-use password manager
KeePass Password Safe is a free, open source, lightweight, and easy-to-use password manager for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, with ports for Android, iPhone/iPad and other mobile devices. With so many passwords to remember and the need to vary passwords to protect your valuable data, it’s nice to have KeePass to manage your passwords in a secure way. KeePass puts all your passwords in a highly encrypted database and locks them with one master key or a key file. As a result, you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database. And the databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms currently known, AES and Twofish. See our features page for details. -
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Tcl
The Tool Command Language implementation
Tool Command Language (Tcl) is an interpreted language and very portable interpreter for that language. Tcl is embeddable and extensible, and has been widely used since its creation in 1988 by John Ousterhout. Bug reports to http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ Follow code development at http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ -
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Matroska is an open standard audio/video container format. Visit our homepage at http://www.matroska.org
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GnuCash
Personal and small-business finance manager
GnuCash is a personal and small-business finance manager with a check-book like register GUI to enter and track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. GnuCash is designed to be simple and easy to use but still based on formal accounting principles. -
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Bodhi Linux
A minimalist, enlightened Linux distribution
Bodhi is a minimalistic, enlightened, Linux desktop. Bodhi Linux is extremely lightweight and highly customizable. Bodhi is suitable for both Linux newcomers and experienced users. The Ubuntu LTS assures stability for years and the Bodhi Team is very open to all suggestions and requests from users and willing to help. -
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Q4OS
Efficient, Rock Stable Operating System
Q4OS is a fast and friendly, desktop oriented operating system based on Debian Linux. It deploys Plasma, optionally Trinity, as desktop environment on top of Debian Linux rock stable base. The goal is to provide long-term supported system with a special emphasis on security. This is exactly what Debian base guarantees. We prefer the Debian development model to keep the core system as immutable as possible. It results in a reliable and stable system that you can definitely rely on. Thanks to unique Q4OS tools a user can rather easily achieve setup of a fitted system eliminating superfluous packages and libraries. Therefore Q4OS performs faster and more efficient, doesn't exploit memory and computing resources with useless tasks and processes. Another exclusive Q4OS feature is an optimized support for setting up Trinity desktop environment alongside the default Plasma desktop. Installed side by side, carefully separated, both ready to run as needed. Just select one at login. -
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Wine
Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X
Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. Wine provides both a development toolkit for porting Windows sources to Unix and a program loader, allowing many unmodified Windows binaries to run on x86-based Unixes. -
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GTK+2 for Windows Runtime Environment
The files required to run GTK+ applications on Windows
This is the GTK+2 Runtime Environment Installer for Windows. It includes all of the files required to run GTK+2 applications on Windows. Some support tools are also available. This project is no longer maintained. Please use its successor: https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer -
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Enlightenment is a window manager for the X11 windowing system. Its design goal is to be as configurable as possible - in look AND in feel.
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Digital Clock 4
beautiful customizable clock with plugins
Very customizable beautiful clock. There are 2 versions exist (they may co-exist): - Digital Clock 4 - discontinued, not recommended - Digital Clock 5 - discontinued, replacement for Digital Clock 4 Digital Clock 4 final version is 4.7.9 Digital Clock 5 final version is 5.2.2 Nothing special is required to start using this clock. Just launch it and enjoy! When it starts, apart from the clock itself, a small tray icon appears. This tray icon can be used to call the clock configuration dialog. Also this dialog can be called using clock context menu. Sources (v5) are hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/Kolcha/DigitalClock5 You can create your own skin! See this link for details: https://sourceforge.net/p/digitalclock4/wiki/How%20to%20create%20skin/ NOTE: do NOT download any .rar or .exe files marked as my software, these files are NOT made by me and I'm not responsible for their content -
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Source Han Sans
Set of OpenType Pan-CJK fonts
Source Han Sans is a set of OpenType Pan-CJK fonts. In addition to functional OpenType fonts, this open source project provides all of the source files that were used to build these OpenType fonts by using the AFDKO tools. Individual font resources or ZIP files for various deployment configurations are available for download. To help decide which fonts to download, please refer to the Configurations section of the official font readme file. Those who are unfamiliar with GitHub are encouraged to reference the official Source Han download guide, which is provided in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. You can also download entire releases that include all available configurations in two ZIP files. To build the binary font files from source, you need to have installed the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO). The AFDKO tools are widely used for font development today, and are part of most font editor applications. -
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OOO Extras
Extra tools for OpenOffice under weak copyleft or other licenses
A space to store classic OOo dependencies that cannot be easily redistributed in Apache OpenOffice's Source tree. Initially this was meant for copyleft tarballs only but it is also pretty handy to mirror other file dependencies. -
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Roblox anti-AFK
Never get AFK kicked from Roblox again!
Never get AFK-kicked again! With Roblox anti-AFK you can easily: grind, farm, chill and whatever you want! It's very easy to use. Just press "Start!", and good luck being AFK! You don't even need to have the Roblox window open. Roblox anti-AFK allows you to AFK in Roblox while you can still use your device. I hope you'll make lots of progress in your favourite simulators! Feel free to add suggestions! =====Version: 2.9.1===== Requires Java to be installed to run. You can download it here if you don't have it already: https://www.java.com/download/manual.jsp If you have trouble opening the program, the first post may help: https://sourceforge.net/p/roblox-anti-afk/tickets/7/?limit=25 -
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Archcraft
Yet another minimal Linux distribution, based on Arch Linux.
Archcraft is an arch-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who cares more about minimalism and aesthetics of their desktop. It comes pre-configured with various lightweight applications which makes it super fast. It can run under 500Mb of memory. There's no desktop environment in (main) Archcraft, just two highly configured window managers - Openbox and Bspwm. The default username & password is 'liveuser' for live ISO. The installer can be found in the app launcher and in openbox menu under the Application > System category, namely 'Install Archcraft'. Archcraft uses two Installers, Calamares and ABIF -
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An extremly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface
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Capri Desktop Companion
Download Capri Desktop for Windows. An interactive AI companion for PC
Capri Desktop Companion is a quiet, interactive, and unofficial AI companion for your Windows desktop. She perches on your app windows, talks back, comments on your games, controls your music, and helps you navigate your daily tasks right from your screen. Designed for users who want a lively, immersive, and customizable virtual desktop pet with advanced AI integration. Key Features: Interactive Desktop Companion: Capri sits on your windows, drops onto taskbars, sways to your music, and reacts dynamically to your actions. Voice & Text Chat: Talk to her via text or voice chat, or use wake-word support to bring her to life instantly. Smart PC Assistance: Let her open apps, play or pause music, manage browser tabs, and execute workflow jobs using her own on-screen cursor. Windows may warn you because Capri isn't signed yet. Check your download against SHA256SUMS.tx ⚠️Capri-Setup.exe may not work, try Capri.exe⚠️ -
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LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is useful enough and keep resource usage lower at the same time. Useabiliy, speed, and memory usage are our main concern. Suitable for netbooks.
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Fluxbox is a X11 windowmanager build for speed and flexibility.
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BongoCat
Cross-platform interactive table pet BongoCat, add fun to your desktop
BongoCat is an open-source interactive desktop pet that places an animated cat on the screen. The character reacts to keyboard, mouse, and game controller input with synchronized movements. It runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux systems using X11. Users can import custom models to change the cat’s appearance and create personalized desktop companions. The application is built with Tauri, combining a Rust backend with a Vue and TypeScript interface. It works completely offline and states that it does not collect user data. The repository also links to model conversion tools, downloadable community models, release packages, and contribution guidance. -
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A collection of scalable Hebrew fonts for GNU/Linux.
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GitHub Desktop
Focus on what matters instead of fighting with Git
GitHub Desktop is a free, open-source, Electron-based application that simplifies working with GitHub (and other Git-hosted repositories) via a graphical interface. It’s written in TypeScript and React, offering an intuitive alternative to command-line Git workflows. Want to test out new features and get fixes before everyone else? Install the beta channel to get access to early builds of Desktop. Linux is not officially supported; however, you can find installers created for Linux from a fork of GitHub Desktop in the Community Releases section. -
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JupyterLab Desktop
JupyterLab desktop application, based on Electron
JupyterLab Desktop is the cross-platform desktop application for JupyterLab. It is the quickest and easiest way to get started with Jupyter notebooks on your personal computer, with the flexibility for advanced use cases. JupyterLab Desktop can be launched from the GUI of your operating system by clicking the application's icon or by using jlab command from the command line. Double-clicking .ipynb files is also supported and it will launch JupyterLab Desktop and load the notebook file.
