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BB4Win VS LiteStep

Compare BB4Win VS LiteStep and see what are their differences

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BB4Win logo BB4Win

BB4Win (Blackbox for Windows) is an alternative shell for Microsoft Windows.

LiteStep logo LiteStep

LiteStep is a replacement desktop interface for Windows.
  • BB4Win Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-04-14
  • LiteStep Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-22

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to BB4Win and LiteStep)

BB4Win

LiteStep

Image Optimisation
64 64%
Image Optimisation
36% 36
OS & Utilities
62 62%
OS & Utilities
38% 38
Note Taking
59 59%
Note Taking
41% 41
Personalization
66 66%
Personalization
34% 34

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, BB4Win seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

BB4Win mentions (3)

  • I Still Use Windows 95 (archived, 2008)
    I used this Windows port of Blackbox many years ago. Perhaps time try again. https://bb4win.sourceforge.net/. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
  • Alternative Windows Desktop
    Cool, that still exists. Some years ago I was into all that desktop customization and tried this, LiteStep [0] and Blackbox/bb4win [1] but ended up with BlackBox. Nowadays, all the customization I need is a tool to fix the taskbar position that someone who probably uses a portrait mode monitor moved to the wrong spot [2] and a launcher [3] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep [1]:... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • Riced out my desktop a bit - who says Windows isn't customizable?
    You can go farther but it might become buggy http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/ I have not tested it for along time but it was fun to play with. Source: over 1 year ago

LiteStep mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of LiteStep yet. Tracking of LiteStep recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing BB4Win and LiteStep, you can also consider the following products

Cairo Shell - Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.

WindowBlinds - WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.

bbLean - Alternative Windows shell

SecureUxTheme - A tool that removes signature verification of styles on Windows.

Talisman Desktop - Talisman Desktop is a configurable Windows shell replacement introduced in 1997 by Lighttek...

SharpEnviro - SharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an open source shell replacement system for Microsoft Windows XP...

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