Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to Nimi Places

Nimi Places

Nimi Places is a Windows desktop organizer that gives you the ability to put files and folders into customizable containers. The elements in the containers are represented as icons or thumbnails. Read more about Nimi Places.

Product categories

App Launcher Automation Bookmark Manager Bookmark Synchronization Bookmarks Command Line Tools Device Management LMS Note Taking Productivity Utilities Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Nimi Places are Cairo-Dock, AutoHotkey, and Classic Shell. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Cairo-Dock Landing Page
1

Cairo-Dock

Cairo-Dock / GLX-Dock 3. 4 is now available. Cairo-Dock 3. 4 is finally released! One year after the 3.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#App Launcher #Productivity #Windows Tools 3 social mentions
AutoHotkey Landing Page
2

AutoHotkey

The ultimate automation scripting language for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Windows Tools #Scripts #Automation 38 social mentions
Classic Shell Landing Page
3

Classic Shell

Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#OS & Utilities #Note Taking #LMS 18 social mentions
Rainmeter Landing Page
4

Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Device Management #Monitoring Tools #System Information 6 social mentions
Pinboard Landing Page
5

Pinboard

Pinboard is a personal archive for things you find online and don't want to forget.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Favorites 67 social mentions
Dash to Dock Landing Page
6

DD

Dash to Dock

Gnome shell extension to position overview dashboard as a desktop launcher.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Productivity #Note Taking #LMS 4 social mentions
fzy Landing Page
7

fzy

A better fuzzy finder
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 4 social mentions
Geekmarks Landing Page
8

Geekmarks

Geekmarks is an open source API-driven bookmarking service.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Bookmarks #Bookmark Manager #Bookmark Synchronization 1 social mentions
PortableApps.com Landing Page
9

PortableApps.com

PortableApps.com is a website offering many free, commonly used Windows applications that have been...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #LMS #Bookmarks 149 social mentions
i3 Landing Page
10

i3

A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Window Manager #Linux #Open Source 89 social mentions