cosmic vs i3

cosmic

Computer Operating System Main Interface Components (by pop-os)

i3

A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features. :warning: i3-gaps has been merged into i3. (by Airblader)

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cosmic		i3
	Project
72	Mentions	74
1,102	Stars	6,017
3.1%	Growth	-
4.3	Activity	6.3
3 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" 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.
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cosmic

Posts with mentions or reviews of cosmic. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-10.

Cosmic Desktop: Closing in on a Cosmic Alpha
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Feb 2024

They are both called Cosmic to make things less confusing.
https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic?tab=readme-ov-file#cosmic
How can I try out COSMIC DE?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 3 Jun 2023

Download the source code of the COSMIC Desktop: git clone https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic
Prá galera curiosa sobre Rust, alguns "contras" a considerar.
4 projects | /r/brdev | 10 May 2023
How to bring application menu back in 22.04
1 project | /r/pop_os | 20 Apr 2023
What Desktop Environment do you use?
2 projects | /r/pop_os | 17 Apr 2023

I think there might be some confusion in this poll and thread -- COSMIC is the name of both a suite of components in Pop_Shell, which modifies (but does not replace) GNOME shell components like the dock and workspaces, as well as a full-fledged desktop environment that replaces GNOME.
Touchscreen gestures broken in PopOS with Wayland?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 12 Apr 2023

I'm using PopOS with Wayland on a Surface Go 2, and can't find a way to switch between workspaces and apps using multitouch gestures. There's a bug report here touching on these issues but I'm wondering of anyone has found a good workaround or fix for this. Any advice appreciated!
[Poll] Who is still disabling the Pop COSMIC extension to get the pre-21.04 "Activities" view (combining Workspaces and the Application search)?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 12 Mar 2023

FWIW, I've also created a Github issue on the subject: https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic/issues/386
Dualbooting with Windows 11 on a laptop
1 project | /r/pop_os | 11 Mar 2023
Cosmic Text: Pure Rust multi-line text handling
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Mar 2023

The 'Cosmic' name also indicates that; see https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic.
If the Pop Launcher could do anything, what would you want it to do?
5 projects | /r/pop_os | 20 Feb 2023

Just to be clear, you are talking about the Pop Launcher and not the Cosmic Applications Launcher, correct? (since there may be some confusion around what the "Pop Launcher" is vs. the "Cosmic Applications Launcher" ... see https://imgur.com/a/XN34drv for images)

i3

Posts with mentions or reviews of i3. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-11.

help i3/i3-gaps packages broken (i think)
1 project | /r/archlinux | 10 Sep 2023
i3-gaps
2 projects | /r/i3wm | 11 Jan 2023

why would you get a version that, by the author, has been archived: https://github.com/Airblader/i3
The i3-gaps project has been merged with i3
1 project | /r/blend5leaf | 8 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/blend5leaf | 8 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/Boiling_Steam | 8 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/blend5leaf | 7 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 7 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 7 Jan 2023

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 7 Jan 2023

10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cosmic and i3 you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-hud - Unity like HUD menu for the GNOME Desktop Environment using rofi menu.

i3-gaps - i3-gaps – i3 with more features (forked from https://github.com/i3/i3)

gnome-shell-extended-gestures - Better touchpad gesture handling for GNOME

nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more

touche - The desktop application to configure Touchégg

i3-gaps-wm - A fork of the i3 window manager with gaps and some other features

shell - Pop!_OS Shell

kitty - Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal

gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock - Pop!_OS fork of https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/tree/ubuntu-dock

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

dash-to-dock - A dock for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash out of the overview transforming it in a dock for an easier launching of applications and a faster switching between windows and desktops.

Ulauncher - Feature rich application Launcher for Linux