xkeyboard-config vs Scoop-Core

xkeyboard-config

XKB data. (by freedesktop)

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Scoop-Core

Shovel. Alternative, more advanced, and user-friendly implementation of windows command-line installer scoop. (by Ash258)

shovel Windows Command-line Installer

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shovel.ash258.com

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xkeyboard-config		Scoop-Core
	Project
2	Mentions	2
38	Stars	199
-	Growth	-
8.8	Activity	0.0
about 1 year ago	Latest Commit	9 months ago
Python	Language	PowerShell
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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xkeyboard-config

Posts with mentions or reviews of xkeyboard-config. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-13.

Are 3rd/4th-level choosers defined by some standard?
1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 11 Oct 2021

Anyway, the change in xkeyboard-config looks like “I don't care“ as these symbols are just randomly changed in a hand full of keyboard layouts without any justification.
WinCompose – A Compose Key for Windows
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2021

I use capslock.
There are a number of popular choices that come preconfigured, see file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst line 851
https://github.com/freedesktop/xkeyboard-config/blob/master/...

Scoop-Core

Posts with mentions or reviews of Scoop-Core. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-13.

WinCompose – A Compose Key for Windows
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2021

Shovel, a fork of scoop, is being maintained however. https://github.com/Ash258/Scoop-Core
WinGet is terrible. I want AppGet back
19 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Apr 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing xkeyboard-config and Scoop-Core you can also consider the following projects:

9ime - Plan 9's unicode input method ported to windows

Shovel-Ash258 - Personal Shovel bucket with a wide variety of applications of all kinds.

Conkey - A keyboard layout for conlangers

Chocolatey - Chocolatey - the package manager for Windows

Scoop - A command-line installer for Windows.

Versions - 📦 A Scoop bucket for alternative versions of apps.

oneget - PackageManagement (aka OneGet) is a package manager for Windows

Main - 📦 The default bucket for Scoop.

wincompose - 🔣 Compose Key for Windows

winget-cli - WinGet is the Windows Package Manager. This project includes a CLI (Command Line Interface), PowerShell modules, and a COM (Component Object Model) API (Application Programming Interface).