Fly-Pie vs Desktop-Cube

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Fly-Pie		Desktop-Cube
	Project
49	Mentions	31
1,171	Stars	595
-	Growth	-
8.7	Activity	8.3
15 days ago	Latest Commit	15 days ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
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.

Fly-Pie

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

Fly-Pie is an innovative marking menu
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Aug 2023
Is it possible to change my app menu?
1 project | /r/linux4noobs | 25 Jun 2023

By the way, I found this extension called Fly-Pie that really reminds me of android. This youtuber happened to talk about how gnome extensions tend to break. From my minimal search today and yesterday, I did see a lot of them are unsupported. Do you agree with what the youtuber said?
Introducing: Ken-Do - A desktop-agnostic version of my Fly-Pie GNOME Shell extension!
2 projects | /r/linux | 5 May 2023

The awesome community feedback I have received for Fly-Pie has been the main motivation to start this new project.
Fly-Pie 19 released!
1 project | /r/gnome | 2 Apr 2023

This release brings better multi-monitor support, better multi-cursor support, and the option to show tiny labels on each item. For a complete list of changes, you can read the changelog!
How could I make a script that moves me to a specific workspace?
1 project | /r/gnome | 2 Apr 2023

I posted some ways to get in contact here. And yes, there are plenty of matrix channels where the GNOME devs hang around.
If you dont complain you get nothing! What features/bug fixes you want to see in future Linux
8 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 1 Mar 2023

Fly-Pie gets ported to KDE Plasma as a feature or simply a downloadable package/flatpak
Fly-Pie now supports GNOME 44!
1 project | /r/gnome | 28 Feb 2023

Star the repository: https://github.com/Schneegans/Fly-Pie
"GTA V Guns circle" style quick selector?
1 project | /r/wayland | 13 Feb 2023

Something like this perhaps: https://github.com/Schneegans/Fly-Pie? Only works with gnome.
Burn-My-Windows now includes a new Glitch effect!
2 projects | /r/gnome | 14 Jan 2023

One of my other extensions: Fly-Pie
Burn-My-Windows 23 adds the most ridiculous window animation yet!
2 projects | /r/linux | 23 Dec 2022

Desktop-Cube

Posts with mentions or reviews of Desktop-Cube. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-26.

Desktop Cube hits 100k downloads!
1 project | /r/gnome | 16 Mar 2023

I think many people know this. Also, the very first sentence in the extension's README says that it's inspired by Compiz.
Desktop Cube now supports GNOME 44!
3 projects | /r/gnome | 26 Feb 2023

There's a very weird long-standing issue on that. It does happen only on specific hardware/driver setups and only on X11: https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube/issues/3
Show HN: Parallax wallpaper engine for Linux and Windows
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Feb 2023

Some of it is still there: https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube
Gnome bling on a fresh Fedora 37.
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 6 Nov 2022
These gnome extensions for Tiling window managers
3 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 26 Sep 2022
Retro-Vibes with GNOME and some extensions
3 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 21 Sep 2022
"you can't have fun on just the desktop"
8 projects | /r/pcmasterrace | 21 Sep 2022
Need a gnome-style icon for your project? I'll make one!
6 projects | /r/gnome | 20 Sep 2022

Currently, I am using this and that icon, but yours look way better!
Visual Effects for GNOME 42 ..plus the links on comment
11 projects | /r/gnome | 7 Jul 2022

Desktop Cube (Cube workspaces switching animation): https://github.com/Schneegans/Desktop-Cube
Why was compiz abandoned?
2 projects | /r/linux | 29 May 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Fly-Pie and Desktop-Cube you can also consider the following projects:

easystroke - X11 gesture recognition application

Burn-My-Windows - 🔥 Disintegrate your windows with style.

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

arch-update - Update indicator for ArchLinux and Gnome-Shell

asusctl

sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere

blur-my-shell - Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview

Gnome-Pie - A pie menu launcher for linux. Read the release announcement of version 0.7.2 at https://schneegans.github.io/news/2018/10/30/gnome-pie-072 Or have a look at the homepage!

asusctl - Daemon and tools to control your ASUS ROG laptop. Supersedes rog-core.

Shell - Linux Application Launcher using a radial menu, recommended window manager configurations and more

gnome-shell-extension-espresso - Enable controlling conditions to prevent the usual auto suspend and screensaver functions from taking effect.