ClassicSearch vs AccentColorizer

ClassicSearch

Restore classic File Explorer search and shrink address bar on Windows 10 19H2+ (by krlvm)

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AccentColorizer

Recolorize Win32 controls in-memory with accent color without patching theme (by krlvm)

Customization Fluent Personalization Tweak Tweaks Windows windows-10 windows-11

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ClassicSearch		AccentColorizer
	Project
3	Mentions	8
49	Stars	316
-	Growth	-
3.4	Activity	4.3
7 months ago	Latest Commit	9 months ago
C	Language	C++
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

ClassicSearch

Posts with mentions or reviews of ClassicSearch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-05.

teaser of my windows 11 to 7 transformation (i forgot to demonstrate windows 7 games on windows 11)
2 projects | /r/windowsmodding | 5 Mar 2023

Try https://github.com/krlvm/ClassicSearch
Does anybody know if there is a way to change the size of the navbar in Windows 10
1 project | /r/windowsmodding | 15 Jan 2023

AccentColorizer

Posts with mentions or reviews of AccentColorizer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-09.

Unused Windows 11 dark mode variant of the generic system notification sound
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 21 May 2023

[AccentColorizer](https://github.com/krlvm/AccentColorizer
hey guys, I'm deep into the Google ecosystem, is there a way to bring Material You to Windows 11 and make the UI looks a bit more like Chromebook?
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 11 Apr 2023

I know this probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but if you just care about having the colors match the wallpaper like what Material You does, then AccentColorizer may work for you.
Use accent color in glyphs like AccentColorizer-E11?
2 projects | /r/nilesoft | 9 Mar 2023

I came here to see if the nilesoft dev might consider using windows accent color to color the glyphs in shell similar to AccentColorizer-E11 I realized that people who appreciate shell might also appreciate AccentColorizer too.
I didn't know text highlight in settings followed the accent color.
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 1 Mar 2023

You can use AccentColorizer for that
Is there a way to globally change the transparency of Windows?
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 16 Feb 2023
make select line blue again(?)
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 7 Dec 2022
AccentColorizer - free and open-source customization tool
1 project | /r/Windows10 | 5 Jun 2022
Finally a nicer looking old context menus (Build 22494)
1 project | /r/Windows11 | 5 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ClassicSearch and AccentColorizer you can also consider the following projects:

TaskbarXI - An application written in C++ to modify the Windows 11 Taskbar.

SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher

AccentApplicator - A tool to apply accent color to win32 controls.

AccentColorizer-E11 - Accent Colorization for Windows 11 File Explorer Icon Glyphs

explorerTool - Custom Windows Explorer background image

YourFlyouts - Fully customizable, multi-designed flyouts replacement for Windows

WinXSearch - a better context menu search

AcrylicMenus - Acrylic effect for all existing Win32 context menus

BeautySearch - Windows 10+ Search Window appearance tweaker

RainbowTaskbar - Powerful, customizable Windows 10/11 taskbar effects.

ProjectReunion - The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.

TranslucentTB - A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.