unite-shell vs material-shell

unite-shell

Unite is an extension that makes GNOME Shell look like Ubuntu Unity Shell. (by hardpixel)

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. (by material-shell)

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unite-shell		material-shell
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7	Mentions	46
887	Stars	7,224
2.0%	Growth	0.2%
7.6	Activity	5.4
25 days ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
JavaScript	Language	TypeScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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unite-shell

Posts with mentions or reviews of unite-shell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-09.

Hide the topbar while window is maximised?
1 project | /r/gnome | 3 May 2023

There's a GitHub issue for that: https://github.com/hardpixel/unite-shell/issues/324
Unite Extension Crashes Gnome Shell 43
1 project | /r/gnome | 16 Dec 2022

Maybe file an issue in GitHub repo so the developer can fix it.
Entusiastas de Linux do r/brasil, uni-vos!!! Qual seu Setup? Distribuição? Desktop environment?
2 projects | /r/brasil | 9 Sep 2022
Is it possible to remove the window title bars?
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 2 Feb 2022

This and this may be helpful
pixel-saver VS unite-shell - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 4 Dec 2021

the best alternative to pixelsaver, but so ugly to use.
Unity DE on fedora?
2 projects | /r/Fedora | 24 Nov 2021
Controversial: I think that pop os would have been the perfect distro, if GNOME wasn’t the default DE.
2 projects | /r/pop_os | 10 Jul 2021

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material-shell

Posts with mentions or reviews of material-shell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-30.

Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023

I really want https://material-shell.com/ for MacOS
it was perfect for using a single monitor
kinda like a deterministic alt+tab, you set up the layout of "workspaces" and they're always in the same place
I keep getting annoyed at alt+tab because I accidentally clicked on another window and now the order is messed up
Kera Desktop: A brand-new desktop environment in the development
5 projects | /r/linux | 9 Jun 2023

I'm confused. How does that work? Is it like a GNOME extension or something; similar to how Material Shell works?
Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid base is changing from Ubuntu to Debian
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 May 2023

check this gnome plugin https://github.com/material-shell/material-shell
How many of you use your gnu/linux distro without much customization?
2 projects | /r/linux | 21 May 2023

I don't know too much about that. You can achieve a lot with gnome extensions. And if you'd like to build your own and see what's possible, check out the source code of Material Shell
I'm a tiling WM user but the concept of the scrolling window managers were new to me. This idea might be experimental but using it was fun. If you want to try it, CardBoard is a good start. I had fun using it for a couple of days and thought it's good to share it with you too.
3 projects | /r/linux | 18 Apr 2023

Website: https://material-shell.com/
do any tiling extensions work on Gnome 44?
3 projects | /r/gnome | 18 Apr 2023

Material Shell has Gnome 44 support: https://github.com/material-shell/material-shell/releases/tag/44
An easy-to-learn Linux Window Manager
1 project | /r/linuxmasterrace | 13 Apr 2023

But you might want to try out Gnome first, with one of the many tiling extensions, or perhaps Material Shell for a Tiling like WM experience
What is the best tilling window manager?
1 project | /r/Fedora | 29 Mar 2023
Considering Switching from Pop_OS!
1 project | /r/Fedora | 16 Mar 2023

Has anyone used Material Shell? It looks like it will do the tiling for me.
Can't install Gnome Shell Extensions
2 projects | /r/gnome | 9 Feb 2023

Hi, I'm working on Ubuntu 22.04.1 with Gnome 42.5. I used to be able to install shell extensions just fine with the Chrome extension. However (I think since (un)installing the Material Shell Extension), I can't install any extension anymore, not via the Chrome extension, not via the terminal (`gnome-extensions install -f ...`). In the browser, the switch is available and clickable, but nothing simply happens. Via the terminal, no feedback at all is given. When going over the [source code](https://github.com/material-shell/material-shell) of the material shell, it seems that it tampers with some extensions and God knows what else... Via `dconf` I had to enable the allowance of extensions (`disable-user-extensions`), also something Material Shell probably did. I uninstalled Material Shell according to the docs, but of course, not everything is undone...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing unite-shell and material-shell you can also consider the following projects:

gnome-shell-extension-ddterm - Another drop down terminal extension for GNOME Shell. With tabs. Works on Wayland natively

PaperWM - Tiled scrollable window management for Gnome Shell

forge - Forge - Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell [Moved to: https://github.com/forge-ext/forge]

titus-awesome - Custom AwesomeWM Theme

pixel-saver - Pixel Saver is designed to save pixel by fusing activity bar and title bar in a natural way.

i3-gnome - Use i3wm/i3-gaps with GNOME Session infrastructure.

soft-brightness - Gnome-shell extension to manage your display brightness via an alpha overlay (instead of the backlight).

gnome-gesture-improvements - Touchpad gesture improvements for GNOME on Wayland/X11

improved-osk-gnome-ext - Improved On Screen Keyboard for Gnome Shell

gnome-shell-extension-freon - Shows CPU temperature, disk temperature, video card temperature (NVIDIA/Catalyst/Bumblebee&NVIDIA), voltage and fan RPM

Fedora-36-Post-Install-Guide - Things to do after installing Fedora 37 [Moved to: https://github.com/devangshekhawat/Fedora-37-Post-Install-Guide]