AstroWall VS ActiveDesktopPlus

Compare AstroWall vs ActiveDesktopPlus and see what are their differences.

AstroWall

An opensource MacOS agent to fetch Astronomy Picture of the Day and set it as wallpaper (by wiegell)
Agent csharp-core .NET Statusbar Wallpaper Xamarin xamarin-mac xamarin-macos
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wiegell.github.io
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ActiveDesktopPlus

A simple app that lets you pin windows to your desktop and use fullscreen programs and videos as interactive wallpapers. (by torchgm)
Desktop desktop-environment customisation Windows WPF C# .NET activedesktop wallpaper-engine wallpaper-app Wallpaper

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AstroWall ActiveDesktopPlus
4 1
3 94
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10.0 10.0
over 1 year ago almost 2 years ago
C# C#
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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AstroWall

Posts with mentions or reviews of AstroWall. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-28.

ActiveDesktopPlus

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing AstroWall and ActiveDesktopPlus you can also consider the following projects:

appsettings-external-tool - Provides an easy way to create an appsettings.json file with sql-server connections

Stack - Tiling window manager for Windows with XAML-based layouts

CSLA .NET - A home for your business logic in any .NET application.

Fluent.Ribbon - WPF Ribbon control like in Office

command-line-exploration - Working with command line parameters/arguments for console projects

PicView - Fast, free and customizable image viewer for Windows 10 and 11.

BroadcastWinForms - Windows forms, form to form communication

UWP Community Toolkit - The Windows Community Toolkit is a collection of helpers, extensions, and custom controls. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building .NET apps with UWP and the Windows App SDK / WinUI 3 for Windows 10 and Windows 11. The toolkit is part of the .NET Foundation.

FFImageLoading - Fast & Furious Image Loading - Image loading, caching & transforming library for Xamarin and Windows

ModernWpf - Modern styles and controls for your WPF applications

blazor-project-templates - .NET 6/7/8/9 Blazor Windows desktop project templates

lively - Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.

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