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GNUstep VS Openbox

Compare GNUstep VS Openbox and see what are their differences

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GNUstep logo GNUstep

GNUstep is a mature Framework, suited both for advanced GUI desktop applications as well as server...

Openbox logo Openbox

Openbox is a highly configurable, next generation window manager with extensive standards support.
  • GNUstep Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-10-21
  • Openbox Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-06

GNUstep videos

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PureDarwin Xmas | Community Version of Mac OS Core. GNUStep

Openbox videos

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Get Rid Of That Bloated Desktop Environment And Install Openbox

More videos:

  • Review - Manjaro Openbox: First Impressions and Review
  • Tutorial - Openbox V8S Review- How to get Free TV!!!

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to GNUstep and Openbox)

GNUstep

Openbox

Linux
15 15%
Linux
85% 85
Window Manager
15 15%
Window Manager
85% 85
Desktop Environments
43 43%
Desktop Environments
57% 57
Utilities
0 0%
Utilities
100% 100

User comments

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Reviews

These are some of the external sources and on-site user reviews we've used to compare GNUstep and Openbox

GNUstep Reviews

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Openbox Reviews

Top 10 Best Desktop Environments in 2020
People who’re deep into Linux, love Openbox’s simplicity. It’s extremely lightweight, and comes with only a text-based right-click menu that lists all your applications. The menu is customizable too, and you can add scripts or functions within the menu as a link.
Source: www.journaldev.com

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, GNUstep seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 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.

GNUstep mentions (2)

  • The Linux GUI toolkit situation, or why Electron (or similar) is sadly the future.
    I agree with your other comment that a single UI that looks 100% "native" everywhere is a pipe dream. I don't know why certain people keep chasing that rainbow. As someone else noted, "native" isn't even really defined on Linux. For example, I use Window Maker, which has a very different UI than GNOME and KDE—it's not based on GNUstep but has a similar look and integrates well with it. On Linux there are people... Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Hacker News top posts: Dec 13, 2021
    GNUstep: Open-source, Object-oriented, Cross-platform Development Environment\ (71 comments). Source: over 2 years ago

Openbox mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GNUstep and Openbox, you can also consider the following products

LXDE - Why will you like it? Less resource needs. You can use it on your less-pricey embedded board or salvaged computer. Component-based design. Don't want something in LXDE, or you don't want to use LXDE but only part of it?

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

dwm - dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle and floating layouts. All of the layouts can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed.

Xfce - Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

awesome - A dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

Window Maker - Window Maker is a free and open-source window manager for the X Window System

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