openrazer vs Vitals

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openrazer		Vitals
	Project
147	Mentions	63
3,437	Stars	1,256
1.8%	Growth	-
8.3	Activity	8.5
2 days ago	Latest Commit	27 days ago
C	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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.

openrazer

Posts with mentions or reviews of openrazer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-11.

Any good gaming mouse that is Linux compatible?
2 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 11 Jul 2023
Why the hell do Gaming Hardware brands make drivers for Mac, but not for Linux?
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 8 Jul 2023

So if a very skilled developer reverse engineer a driver for some brands (OpenRazer as an example), I feel better about it especially if it's open source.
Razor setup.exe GUI - steam deck
1 project | /r/LinuxCrackSupport | 3 Jun 2023

Why are you trying to run a setup.exe? For linux there's Open Razer
Razer mouse does not charge (on dock) when computer is locked but powered on and not suspended.
1 project | /r/linuxmint | 22 May 2023

What a interesting device. As I searching I found mousepad has different device id than mouse itself. this driver may solve your problems. If problem continues could you please share system info with upload-system-info from terminal and sudo lspci -v
Dead by Daylight's Steam Deck Support is Official. Confirmed to Us by Behaviour Interactive.
2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 5 May 2023

Yeah I would take piper over any of that bloated peripheral software anyway, gets the job done. There's also other community projects like OpenRazer. For a keyboard I grabbed a System76 Launch, it's a bit pricey but it's super nice and fully customizable via an appimage.
OpenRazer Release v3.6.0
1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 30 Apr 2023
Using the Razer Tartarus on the Steam Deck
2 projects | /r/SteamDeck | 28 Apr 2023

Wouldn't it be easier to install Openrazer? https://github.com/openrazer/openrazer
Switching completely from Windows to Linux
6 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 14 Apr 2023
i use linux so i dont have this feature
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 11 Apr 2023
Just bought my first razer mouse in 3ish years, was reminded of how terrible synapse was.
8 projects | /r/pcmasterrace | 3 Apr 2023

Vitals

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vitals. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-11.

My GNOME 44 after customized with Gruvbox Color Scheme
3 projects | /r/ManjaroLinux | 11 Sep 2023

GNOME Extensions : quick-settings-tweaker, appindicator and KStatusNotifier, arcmenu, blur-my-shell, dash-to-panel, forge, gsconnect, just-perfection, show-desktop-button, space-bar, user-themes and vitals
Ask HN: What GNOME Shell extensions do you use?
7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 27 Aug 2023
Any Watt meter extension for Gnome 44 ?
1 project | /r/gnome | 22 Jun 2023
Vitals Gnome Extension working without lm_sensors in Fedora 38
1 project | /r/Fedora | 6 Jun 2023

Look at line 481: https://github.com/corecoding/Vitals/blob/main/sensors.js
Gnome 44.2 on Gentoo Linux
1 project | /r/gnome | 4 Jun 2023
I need a small tool on the top bar to monitor the CPU temperature, usage, RAM and Fans in Ubuntu 22.04 using a Dell XPS 15 9520
1 project | /r/Ubuntu | 28 May 2023
How to get something similar to Vitals for Gnome on KDE
2 projects | /r/kde | 7 May 2023

I love how simple and clean vitals for gnome looks, and always wanted a widget similar to it for KDE, but unfortunately couldn't find one, and no unfortunately I'm not here to say that I made one, I'm not really a developer so yeah..
What are your must-have extensions?
11 projects | /r/gnome | 11 Apr 2023

Pano and Vitals would be mine.
My first ever rice!!
1 project | /r/pop_os | 11 Apr 2023

There’s a gnome extension called vitals,which lets you get the information such as temp and usage and etc!!
Just some Pop!_OS love! My perfect configuration :)
1 project | /r/pop_os | 5 Apr 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing openrazer and Vitals you can also consider the following projects:

OpenRGB

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

RazerGenie - Qt application for configuring your Razer devices under GNU/Linux.

osu - rhythm is just a *click* away!

razer-macos - Color effects manager for Razer devices for macOS. Supports High Sierra (10.13) to Monterey (12.0). Made by the community, based on openrazer.

HydraPaper

polychromatic - RGB lighting management software for GNU/Linux. Powered by OpenRazer.

blur-my-shell - Extension that adds a blur look to different parts of the GNOME Shell, including the top panel, dash and overview

libratbag - A DBus daemon to configure input devices, mainly high-end and gaming mice

cassowary - Run Windows Applications on Linux as if they are native, Use linux applications to launch files files located in windows vm without needing to install applications on vm. With easy to use configuration GUI

Solaar - Linux device manager for Logitech devices

Flatery - Flatery is icon theme for linux in flat style licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA 3.0