polkit-dumb-agent VS xapp

Compare polkit-dumb-agent vs xapp and see what are their differences.

polkit-dumb-agent

a polkit agent in 145 lines of code, because polkit is dumb and none of the other agents worked (by sandsmark)

xapp

Cross-desktop libraries and common resources (by linuxmint)
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polkit-dumb-agent xapp
5 4
100 88
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0.0 6.8
over 2 years ago 12 days ago
C++ C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only
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polkit-dumb-agent

Posts with mentions or reviews of polkit-dumb-agent. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-11.

xapp

Posts with mentions or reviews of xapp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-19.
  • How to build and install LightDM Slick Greeter ?
    5 projects | /r/voidlinux | 19 Apr 2023
    libxapp
  • ThemeChanger, a theme changing utility for Linux
    3 projects | /r/linux | 31 Aug 2021
    This situation isn't so much about the fact that Flatpak and Flathub are GNOME-backed. All of the KDE core apps are in there too, and so are all of the Pantheon core apps. But none of the other GTK environments have bought into Flatpak and/or Flathub. I asked the xapps (MATE core apps) people about it and their response was kinda wishy-washy. They might be more receptive if Flathub submissions for Pluma, Atril, etc, get made for them. I don't know if XFCE people would want to get Mousepad, Ristretto, etc onto Flathub.
  • How can we make the Magic Corner in XApp Status Applet usable for volume control?
    1 project | /r/matedesktop | 8 Aug 2021
    I wrote more details at https://github.com/linuxmint/xapp/issues/143
  • Unity is still miles better then Gnome
    3 projects | /r/Ubuntu | 16 Mar 2021
    The Linux Mint project is sponsoring a series of "traditional" Gtk desktop accessory apps: text editor, image viewer etc. It calls them the XApps. The idea is that instead of MATE, Cinnamon and Xfce all maintaining their own forks of the GNOME 2 accessories, there is one shared set. I tried the Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix and to my very great surprise, it doesn't use them; it just uses the GNOME versions, with CSD, no menu bars, etc.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing polkit-dumb-agent and xapp you can also consider the following projects:

ThemeChanger - Theme changing utility for Linux, etc.

hotspot - The Linux perf GUI for performance analysis.

python3-xapp - Python3 Xapp Library

olive - Free open-source non-linear video editor

slick-greeter - A slick-looking LightDM greeter

SimpleDBus - A simple C++ wrapper around DBus with a commercial-friendly licence.

Mudlet - ⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

CVE-2021-4034 - CVE-2021-4034: Local Privilege Escalation in polkit's pkexec proof of concept

musique - Perfect™ desktop music player

sticky-mouse-trap - A simple program for X11 window system that prents the cursor from crossing into another monitor when you do't want it to.

strawberry - :strawberry: Strawberry Music Player