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Wayfire logo Wayfire

Wayland compositor with 3d effects.

UKUI logo UKUI

UKUI is a lightweight desktop environment based on pluggable framework for Linux and other Unix-like Distributions.
  • Wayfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-19
  • UKUI Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-06-21

Wayfire videos

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GNOME 3.36: macOS-like apps with KAWAII BLUR ..on Wayfire :p

More videos:

  • Review - Wayfire: Wayfire config manager + wf-panel
  • Review - Micro Review 2/2 Rayban Wayfire

UKUI videos

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Review / Ubuntu Kylin 20.04 / UKUI 3.0 / x64 /

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Wayfire and UKUI)

Wayfire

UKUI

Linux
68 68%
Linux
32% 32
Window Manager
100 100%
Window Manager
0% 0
Operating Systems
60 60%
Operating Systems
40% 40
Desktop Environments
60 60%
Desktop Environments
40% 40

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Wayfire 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.

Wayfire mentions (2)

  • Cant change the system GTK theme/icons
    So im trying to change my GTK theme/icons (on Wayfire) I tryed changing them using LXAppearance and it "changes" in LXappearance until I close it then they goes back to default (no other application changes themes/icons). Source: over 2 years ago
  • [Wayfire] System locks up when trying to build wf-shell
    Im trying to build/install Wayfire (on Debian Testing, using Openbox) using wf-install and I cant seem to get past building wf-shell (i have also tried building using wf-shell instructions, same result),. Source: over 2 years ago

UKUI mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Wayfire and UKUI, you can also consider the following products

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

GNOME - An easy and elegant way to use your computer, GNOME is designed to put you in control and get things done.

KDE Plasma Desktop - Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

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.

Unity8 - Mir compositor with Wayland apps support.

BMPanel - BMPanel (bitmap panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which...

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