RetroBar VS Open-Shell-Menu

Compare RetroBar vs Open-Shell-Menu and see what are their differences.

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RetroBar Open-Shell-Menu
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2,904 7,058
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8.6 6.5
6 days ago 3 days ago
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Apache License 2.0 MIT License
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RetroBar

Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroBar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.
  • Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Jan 2024
    Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.

    [1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

    [2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar

  • A KDE Plasma theme that aims to replicate the look and feel of Windows 7
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Dec 2023
    https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar replicates all old taskbar and I have been using it for a long time now. Works perfectly on Windows 10.
  • Fluent Search
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Nov 2023
    I wanted that toolbar for a very long time, didn't know it now exists. Thanks for recommending. I have switched to https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar/ for a very a while now but this is very intriguing.
  • Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
    4 projects | /r/digitalminimalism | 12 Sep 2023
    Classic taskbar
  • The History of Windows 2.0
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Aug 2023
  • Läuft es so schlecht, dass die Bohnen schon Bot Kommentare kaufen?
    1 project | /r/rbtv_cj | 2 Jul 2023
    Gibt's auch in OpenSource: https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
  • make windows 11 look like windows xp!
    2 projects | /r/WindowsxpAesthetics | 23 Jun 2023
    not sure if this is the right place to post but windows 11 was restricted and the description says that anything that has the microsoft windows xp look and feel is welcome here so here i go. this here is a guide on how to make windows 11 (and maybe 10, didnt test it on that) look like windows xp, but slightly more modern. first get retrobar, from here. then once youve done that run the setup (it might ask you to install dotnet, so do that.) then run it. now right click your taskbar and click on properties. then youre gonna leave everything the same except for the theme, wich youll set to windows xp royale. once youve done that click ok. now you need openshell. you can get it right here. then install that and go launch "open shell menu settings." now in start menu style set it to classic with 2 collumns then click select skin (right under the option i just told you to click) and set it to windows aero, and have the options like this. no icons in second column on, show user picture on, show username on, center usernname optional but i reccoment off, small icons on, large font off, reduce glass color off, and finally, white sub menu's on. then click ok. now get the dark theme bliss from my google drive over here, and set it as your wallpaper, you dont have to, but it makes it look better. then get the recycle bin icon somewhere on the interwebs and go to settings>personalisation>themes>desktop icon settings. then set the empty bin to an empty windows xp bin ico file. and set the full one to the same one, or if you have time (and disk space) to waste, set it to a full version of it. now youre done! ill try to figure out how to change the windows 11 logo in about windows and give an update once i get that done. thats it for now, bye!
  • Today is the 10 Year anniversary of "it has stopped production"
    1 project | /r/NDSHacks | 17 May 2023
  • What is “WinCleaner” and is it BS? I didn’t even feel any storage media inside the box.
    2 projects | /r/windows | 17 Apr 2023
    It's a bit complicated, but I mainly used some 3rd-party tools like Winaero Tweaker, WinClassic's SimpleThemeTray, RetroBar, and OpenShell to achieve this effect. As for the icons, I used a fresh Windows XP install for this, which someone extracted all the icons from said fresh install and put them on the Internet Archive. :)
  • Windowblinds
    1 project | /r/windowsmodding | 6 Apr 2023
    RetroBar (Windows 9x/XP like status bar)

Open-Shell-Menu

Posts with mentions or reviews of Open-Shell-Menu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-06-26.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RetroBar and Open-Shell-Menu you can also consider the following projects:

ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

Chicago95 - A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux.

ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11

Windows11DragAndDropToTaskbarFix - "Windows 11 Drag & Drop to the Taskbar (Fix)" fixes the missing "Drag & Drop to the Taskbar" support in Windows 11. It works with the new Windows 11 taskbar and does not require nasty changes like UndockingDisabled or restoration of the classic taskbar.

Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.

SimpleClassicTheme

TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.

Classic-Start - Renamed to NeoClassic-UI then renamed to Open-Shell - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons

ElevenClock - ElevenClock: Customize Windows 11 taskbar clock

simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

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