Top 5 Open-Source Alternatives to StartIsBack

StartIsBack

StartIsBack returns Windows 10 and Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. It's totally awesome and easy solution for your new Windows woes.

Product categories

Bookmarks Cloud Computing File Manager Image Optimisation LMS Note Taking OS & Utilities Web Service Automation Windows Tools

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to StartIsBack are Classic Shell, Cairo Shell, and PortableApps.com. 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.

Classic Shell Landing Page
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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
Cairo Shell Landing Page
2

Cairo Shell

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Image Optimisation #Note Taking #Cloud Computing 2 social mentions
PortableApps.com Landing Page
3

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
TaskbarXI Landing Page
4

TaskbarXI

Allround Signmaker and Graphic designer. Also very tech-savvy 🤖
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Note Taking #LMS #OS & Utilities
NERD tree Landing Page
5

NERD tree

The NERD tree allows you to explore your filesystem and to open files and directories in Vim.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Image Optimisation #Note Taking #OS & Utilities