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Alternatives to Wayland

50 Utilities apps to use instead, best rated first.

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    Builder.io

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    Builder.io is a visual headless CMS and development platform that lets teams create, manage, and optimize web pages without constant developer involvement. It integrates with any tech stack (React, Next.js, Vue, etc.) and includes AI-powere

  2. TinyURL

    Launch

    Quickly shorten and customize any URL — track clicks with a free account.

  3. E

    Elasticsearch

    Launch

    Elasticsearch is an open-source, RESTful search engine designed for scalability, reliability, and easy management.

  4. G

    Google Search

    Launch

    Search engine by Google LLC

  5. H

    Handy

    Launch

    Cross-platform desktop app that transcribes your voice into any text field using a keyboard shortcut, with all processing done locally on your machine.

  6. H

    Hermes Agent

    Launch

    Cross-platform desktop agent from Nous Research that connects to Telegram, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp, and more, with persistent memory, scheduling, and isolated sandboxing.

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InfluxDB

InfluxDB handles high-velocity, high-resolution time series data at scale

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Kitty

High-performance terminal emulator

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Localsend

Share files to nearby devices. Free, open source, cross-platform

Launch
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Mermaid

Create flowcharts, sequence diagrams, Gantt charts, and more

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Neovim

Hyperextensible Vim-based text editor

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Virtual International Authority File

The VIAF® (Virtual International Authority File) combines multiple name…

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Syncthing

Syncthing replaces proprietary sync and cloud services

Launch
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Podman

A tool for managing OCI containers and pods

Launch
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Hash

Shows the hash values of entered text using different algorithms

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Jekyll

Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

Launch
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Redis Insight

Official Redis tool for browsing, debugging, and visualizing data

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restic

restic is a backup program that is fast, efficient and secure

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B

BentoPDF

Powerful, privacy-first, client-side PDF toolkit

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Mole

Native Mac maintenance utility for cleanup, app management, disk analysis

Launch
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Krita

Krita is a cross-platform application for creating digital art files

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M

Mkdocs

Project documentation with Markdown

Launch
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FreeTube

An Open Source YouTube app for privacy

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copyparty

Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, deduplication, WebDAV

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ownCloud

ownCloud, your file platform

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Tabby

A terminal for a more modern age

Launch
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OnionShare

Securely and anonymously share a file of any size

Launch
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A

Avalonia

Develop Desktop, Embedded, Mobile and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML

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D

Docsify

Create beautiful, organized documentation and collaborate effortlessly

Launch
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ghidra

A software reverse engineering

Launch
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Kubernetes CLI

Automate, monitor, scale, and configure applications effortlessly

Launch
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C

Clash Verge Rev

A modern GUI client based on Tauri, designed to run in Windows

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Vaultwarden

Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust

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rclone

Rclone is a command line program to sync files and directories

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B

BitWarden

Best Password Manager for Business, Enterprise & Personal

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B

Brave

A secure web browser that blocks ads and trackers, protects privacy

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C

CasaOS

CasaOS is an open-source personal cloud system

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D

Dragonfly

Dragonfly is a high-performance, Redis-compatible in-memory data store

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D

DuckDuckGo

A privacy respecting search engine

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eBay

American multinational internet corporation that manages eBay.com

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GPT4All

GPT4All runs open-source language models locally on Windows, macOS

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KeepassXC

KeePassXC Password Manager

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Lemmy

A federated and open alternative to Reddit in Rust

Launch
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SearXNG

Self-hostable metasearch engine

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S

ShareX

ShareX is a free, open-source program

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Tailscale

Deploy a modern WireGuard-based VPN with zero configuration

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Yandex

Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good

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Zen Browser

A Firefox-based browser offering enhanced privacy, split views

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Greenshot

Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot software tool

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DokuWiki

A popular self-hostable wiki software with a large number of plugins

Launch

About Wayland

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Wayland

Wayland is intended as a simpler replacement for X

SPICE (the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) is a remote-display system built for virtual environments. The Guest Agent leverages the protocol to provide several features, such as client mouse mode, automatic adjustment of the Windows desktop resolution to the client resolution, and Support of copy and paste (text and images) between the active Windows session and the client.

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Free
Made by
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Category
Utilities
Website
freedesktop.org