gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar vs pixel-saver

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gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar		pixel-saver
	Project
1	Mentions	6
72	Stars	675
-	Growth	-0.3%
4.8	Activity	1.4
2 months ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
-	License	MIT License

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gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar

Posts with mentions or reviews of gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-19.

The best GNOME shell extensions
17 projects | dev.to | 19 Apr 2021

Makes the top bar transparent under certain conditions. Works on 40 and 3.38 Gnome Extensions | GitHub

pixel-saver

Posts with mentions or reviews of pixel-saver. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-09.

[Pop Os] Supprimer la barre de titre en 20.04
1 project | /r/enfrancais | 26 Apr 2023
How do you remove the top bar in Fedora?
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 9 May 2022

GTK Title Bar / Unite / Pixel Saver - one of these will get rid of the title bars in maximized windows. [I use Unite]
pixel-saver VS unite-shell - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 4 Dec 2021
Idea for layouts: Merge title bar and window title bars to space screen space
1 project | /r/zorinos | 23 Nov 2021

Ok this seem to work (unofficially: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/723/pixel-saver/)
Can I integrate window control buttons (min, max, close) into the top panel of gnome 40?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 14 Oct 2021

There are plenty of GNOME extensions that can do this. My favorite is Unite, another ones that work in GNOME 40 are Pixel Saver and No Title Bar - Forked
The best GNOME shell extensions
17 projects | dev.to | 19 Apr 2021

Pixel Saver is an extension that removes the title bar and puts the window controls in the top bar when in fullscreen. Works on 40 and 3.38 Gnome Extensions | GitHub

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gnome-shell-extension-transparent-top-bar and pixel-saver you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-shell-home-assistant - A Gnome Shell Extension to interact with the Home Assistant API

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator - Adds KStatusNotifierItem support to the Shell

gnome-bluetooth-quick-connect - Allow to connect bluetooth paired devices from gnome control panel.

gnome-shell-extension-x11gestures - Enable GNOME Shell multi-touch gestures on X11 with this extension

gnome-shell-scroll-workspaces - Switch workspaces by scrolling in the top panel

unite-shell - Unite is an extension that makes GNOME Shell look like Ubuntu Unity Shell.

hidetopbar - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/tuxor1337/hidetopbar. Pull requests and issues on GitHub cannot be accepted and will be automatically closed.

gnome-shell-impatience - speed up gnome-shell animations

disable-workspace-switcher-popup - Gnome Shell 3 extension that disables the arrow displayed during workspace switching

gnome-shell-extension-clipboard-indicator - The most popular clipboard manager for GNOME, with over 1M downloads

gnome-shell-panel-date-format - Allows to customize the date format on the panel.

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