xdg-desktop-portal VS settings-daemon

Compare xdg-desktop-portal vs settings-daemon and see what are their differences.

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xdg-desktop-portal settings-daemon
154 2
515 13
4.1% -
9.4 8.7
6 days ago 9 days ago
C Vala
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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xdg-desktop-portal

Posts with mentions or reviews of xdg-desktop-portal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-29.

settings-daemon

Posts with mentions or reviews of settings-daemon. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-02.
  • Early prototype of elementary OS offline system upgrade
    3 projects | /r/elementaryos | 2 Feb 2022
    That’s an even earlier prototype. The relevant branches here are: * https://github.com/elementary/settings-daemon/pull/48 * https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-about/pull/245
  • GNOME 41 Release Notes
    4 projects | /r/linux | 22 Sep 2021
    I believe it's been already merged into the xdg desktop portal that will allow cross-desktop dark theme support. In fact, it will soon be a thing in Pantheon.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing xdg-desktop-portal and settings-daemon you can also consider the following projects:

gamescope - SteamOS session compositing window manager [Moved to: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope]

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

gtk-layer-shell - A library to create panels and other desktop components for Wayland using the Layer Shell protocol

pipewire - Mirror of the PipeWire repository (see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/)

flatpaks

WebKit - Home of the WebKit project, the browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store and many other applications on macOS, iOS and Linux.

us.zoom.Zoom

FFmpeg - Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Weylus - Use your tablet as graphic tablet/touch screen on your computer.

awesome-wlroots - A curated list of tools and compositors for wlroots

vertex-theme - Vertex is a theme for GTK 3, GTK 2, Gnome-Shell and Cinnamon

OpenAsar - Open-source alternative of Discord desktop's app.asar