mate-hud vs kairos

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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kairos

Desktop Linux for Creators [Moved to: https://github.com/rbreaves/sorun] (by rbreaves)

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mate-hud		kairos
	Project
3	Mentions	2
51	Stars	6
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.0
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
Python	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	MIT License

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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

kairos

Posts with mentions or reviews of kairos. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-05-29.

A Better Pop!_OS with a Global Menu
5 projects | /r/pop_os | 29 May 2021
System76 Developing “Cosmic” Desktop Environment
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Apr 2021

First off.. this is not an official release like my Kinto project, but you can install https://ubuntubudgie.org and use their global menu or run my script which will fully configure everyone w/ my Kinto project and other various fixes.
https://github.com/rbreaves/kairos

What are some alternatives?

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

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

Fildem - Fildem global 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

sorun - Desktop Linux for Creators

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

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

kinto - Mac-style shortcut keys for Linux & Windows.

resynthesizer - Suite of gimp plugins for texture synthesis

hyperterm - A terminal built on web technologies

laptop-suggestions - Repo to collect laptop design suggestions and feedback as issues.