Phosh Alternatives

Phosh is described as 'Pure Wayland shell for GNOME on mobile devices like the Purism Librem 5' and is a desktop environment in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Phosh for a variety of platforms, including Linux, BSD, Linux Mobile, Windows and Mac apps. The best Phosh alternative is KDE Plasma, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Phosh are GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon and Noctalia.

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Sailfish OS
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Sailfish OS is a European alternative to dominating mobile operating systems, and the only mobile OS offering an exclusive licensing model for local implementations.
30 Sailfish OS alternatives
Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Mobile OS
Operating System
Origin
Finland
EU
Platforms
Linux Mobile
Finland
EU
+1
Good alternative?Is Sailfish OS a good alternative to Phosh?
Enlightenment
56 likes
Enlightenment is a Window Manager, Compositor and Minimal Desktop for Linux (the primary platform), BSD and any other compatible UNIX system.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Desktop Environment
Window Manager
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
BSD
United States
+3
Good alternative?Is Enlightenment a good alternative to Phosh?
Cairo Shell
53 likes
Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows. Its goal is to develop a desktop experience that increases productivity and advances current technology standards.
39 Cairo Shell alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application type
Desktop Environment
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
United States
+2
Good alternative?Is Cairo Shell a good alternative to Phosh?
Kera Desktop
10 likes
An easy, pleasant, speedy, and exciting way to use your favorite OS.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Desktop Environment
Window Manager
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Chrome OS
Good alternative?Is Kera Desktop a good alternative to Phosh?
DMS
3 likes
Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
+4
Good alternative?Is DMS a good alternative to Phosh?
Window Maker
11 likes
Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Window Manager
Desktop Environment
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
United States
+8
Good alternative?Is Window Maker a good alternative to Phosh?
Maui Shell
5 likes
Maui Shell is a convergent shell for desktops, tablets, and phones.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (LGPL-3.0)
Application type
Desktop Environment
Origin
Costa Rica
Platforms
Linux
Costa Rica
Good alternative?Is Maui Shell a good alternative to Phosh?
Lomiri
2 likes
Lomiri is the open source mobile and desktop environment that adapts to you computing needs. Supported on all kinds devices.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application typeApplication types
Desktop Environment
Application Launcher
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Linux
Linux Mobile
Ubuntu Touch
Germany
EU
+2
Good alternative?Is Lomiri a good alternative to Phosh?
LuneOS
5 likes
LuneOS is an open source firmware distribution for smartphones and tablet computers based on the Open webOS mobile operating system.
42 LuneOS alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Mobile OS
Operating System
Origin
International
Platforms
Linux
Linux Mobile
Global
Good alternative?Is LuneOS a good alternative to Phosh?
FyneDesk
1 like
FyneDesk is an easy to use Linux/Unix desktop environment following material design. It is built using the Fyne toolkit and is designed to be easy to use as well as easy to develop. We use the Go language and welcome any contributions or feedback for the project.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Application type
Desktop Environment
Platforms
Linux
Go (Programming Language)
Good alternative?Is FyneDesk a good alternative to Phosh?
GNUstep
5 likes
GNUstep's core framework provides open source version of the Cocoa's (formerly known as OpenStep from NeXT) APIs and tools for as many platforms as possible.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Desktop Environment
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
Linux
BSD
United States
Good alternative?Is GNUstep a good alternative to Phosh?
Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE)
4 likes
KDE 3.5 fork. A computer desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems with a primary goal of retaining the function and form of traditional desktop computers.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Desktop Environment
Window Manager
Platforms
Linux
BSD
Good alternative?Is this a good alternative to Phosh?