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forge		Fly-Pie
	Project
12	Mentions	49
300	Stars	1,167
-	Growth	-
7.8	Activity	8.7
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	5 days ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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.

forge

Posts with mentions or reviews of forge. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-18.

Popshell on Fedora 38
1 project | /r/Fedora | 27 Apr 2023
do any tiling extensions work on Gnome 44?
3 projects | /r/gnome | 18 Apr 2023
My First Rice on Fedora with Catppuccin + Forge :D
1 project | /r/Fedora | 4 Feb 2023

i used force extension for that, since it supports gnome 43 and modified colors to make sure it looks good with catppuccin
What tiling window manager are you using and why?
3 projects | /r/archlinux | 9 Aug 2022

For gnome autotiling you can look at forge or pop-shell.
Pop_OS! window tiling on EndeavourOS
2 projects | /r/EndeavourOS | 27 Jul 2022

There is another alternative: Forge
Pop OS Tiling on Gnome?
1 project | /r/gnome | 15 Mar 2022

On github
dragging a window near to top edge reveals the snap layouts; that would be a really really nice tiling for GNOME!!!
7 projects | /r/gnome | 23 Feb 2022

For tiling i'm using with: Forge. https://github.com/jmmaranan/forge
Forge: By far the best tiling extention for the Gnome desktop
1 project | dev.to | 11 Feb 2022

I tested the Forge extention https://github.com/jmmaranan/forge in Gnome 3.36 on Linux mint.
Awesome GNOME-Shell extensions you did not know about...
6 projects | /r/gnome | 18 Jan 2022

I didn't know about Forge until it appears in a recent comment on this sub, this extension implements a fully featured tiling wm into Gnome.
is Pop-shell the only option for tiling wm in gnome?
1 project | /r/gnome | 14 Jan 2022

Try: Forge

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

What are some alternatives?

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

Tiling-Assistant - An extension which adds a Windows-like snap assist to GNOME. It also expands GNOME's 2 column tiling layout.

easystroke - X11 gesture recognition application

material-shell - A modern desktop interface for Linux. Improve your user experience and get rid of the anarchy of traditional desktop workflows. Designed to simplify navigation and reduce the need to manipulate windows in order to improve productivity. It's meant to be 100% predictable and bring the benefits of tools coveted by professionals to everyone.

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

bing-wallpaper-gnome-extension - GNOME shell extension that syncs your desktop & lock screen wallpaper to Microsoft Bing's Image of the Day.

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

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

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

shell - Pop!_OS Shell

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!

emoji-selector-for-gnome - This extension provide a popup menu with some emojis ; clicking on an emoji copies it to the clipboard.

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