mate-hud vs cosmic

mate-hud

Provides a way to run menubar commands through rofi, much like the Unity 7 Heads-Up Display (HUD). (by ubuntu-mate)

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

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mate-hud		cosmic
	Project
3	Mentions	72
51	Stars	1,100
-	Growth	6.5%
0.0	Activity	4.3
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Python	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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mate-hud

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

Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Nov 2023

Unity 7 HUD could search the menubar of any application. I was quite good at guessing the name of the function I wanted, far better than I was at finding it in menus. It looks like MATE and i3 still have this.
https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud
MacOS Help Search in Linux
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 4 Nov 2022

If you want a single solution then look for projects implementing a "HUD". For KDE Plasma there is this one: https://github.com/Zren/plasma-hud, that is a fork of this for Ubuntu Mate: https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/mate-hud. Hopefully you find something that suits your needs!
System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Apr 2021

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)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mate-hud and cosmic you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

pocillo-gtk-theme - GTK+ 3.22 & GTK+ 4 based theme for the Budgie Desktop that has Material Design elements and styled using the Arc colour palette

plasma-hud - Provides a way to run menubar commands in KDE Plasma through rofi, much like the Unity 7 Heads-Up Display (HUD).

touche - The desktop application to configure Touchégg

shell - Pop!_OS Shell

resynthesizer - Suite of gimp plugins for texture synthesis

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

hyperterm - A terminal built on web technologies

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.