xdg-desktop-portal VS ydotool

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

ydotool

Generic command-line automation tool (no X!) (by ReimuNotMoe)
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xdg-desktop-portal ydotool
154 62
515 1,233
4.1% -
9.4 5.2
7 days ago 18 days ago
C C
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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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.

ydotool

Posts with mentions or reviews of ydotool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-15.

What are some alternatives?

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

xdotool - fake keyboard/mouse input, window management, and more

wtype - xdotool type for wayland

AutoKey - AutoKey, a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.

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

evsieve - A utility for mapping events from Linux event devices.

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

key-mapper - 🎮 An easy to use tool to change the mapping of your input device buttons. [Moved to: https://github.com/sezanzeb/input-remapper]

fusuma-plugin-sendkey - Fusuma plugin that sending virtual keyboard events

awesome-wayland - A curated list of Wayland code and resources.

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

Fusuma - Multitouch gestures with libinput driver on Linux

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