enlightenment.org

Enlightenment

Who runs Enlightenment, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest desktop environment software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
xfce.org

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Enlightenment

Enlightenment enlightenment.org

Wikidata: window manager for Unix-like operating systems

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Enlightenment tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 17 alternatives below has fewer; 6 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool
  • Third-party embeds

    Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Enlightenment

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Enlightenment, thumbs down if it isn’t.

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  1. 01
    xfce.org English No trackers

    Xfce Desktop Environment

    Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

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  2. 02
    GNOME gnome.org Top 10K

    desktop environment and graphical user interface

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  3. 03
    KDE kde.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Home - KDE Community

    KDE is an open community of friendly people who want to create a world in which everyone has control over their digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy.

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  4. 04
    lxqt-project.org English No trackers

    LXQt - The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment

    The Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment

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  5. 05
    Cygwin cygwin.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Cygwin

    Unix subsystem for Windows machines

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  6. 06

    open-source desktop environment software project

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  7. 07
    X Window System x.org English No trackers

    xorg

    graphics controller and network protocol for UNIX-like systems

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  8. 08
    Nomic gpt4all.io English 4 trackers

    GPT4All - Private & Local AI Chatbot | Nomic

    Run open-source AI models locally on your device. GPT4All delivers private, high-performance AI with no cloud required—your data stays on your machine.

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  9. 09
    Podman podman.io English No trackers

    Podman

    daemonless OCI-compliant container runtime

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  10. 10
    Manjaro manjaro.org No trackers

    Manjaro – The Linux for People and Organizations

    This page provides an overview of Manjaro Linux, an open source operating system designed for ease of use. Learn about its features, installation, and support options. Get the most out of Manjaro Linux with the latest news, downloads, and tips from our helpful community.

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  11. 11
    Mpc-hc mpc-hc.org English No trackers

    Home · MPC-HC

    MPC-HC, the free, open source media player for Windows

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  12. 12
    WordPress wordpress.org Top 100 English 1 tracker

    Blog Tool, Publishing Platform, and CMS | WordPress.org

    Open source software which you can use to easily create a beautiful website, blog, or app.

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  13. 13
    Ollama ollama.com Top 10K No trackers

    Ollama · Run AI models locally and in the cloud

    Ollama is the easiest way to run and build with open AI models locally or in the cloud on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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  14. 14
    QEMU qemu.org

    free virtualization and emulation software

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  15. 15
    mpv mpv.io No trackers

    mpv.io

    a free, open source, and cross-platform media player

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  16. 16
    Proxmox proxmox.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Proxmox - Powerful open-source server solutions

    Proxmox develops powerful and efficient open-source server solutions like the Proxmox VE platform, Proxmox Backup Server, and Proxmox Mail Gateway.

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  17. 17
    Flathub flathub.org English No trackers

    Flathub - Apps for Linux | Flathub

    Find and install hundreds of apps and games for Linux. Enjoy Firefox, Telegram, RetroArch, GIMP and many more!

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  18. 18
    Parallels parallels.com Top 10K English 2 trackers

    Parallels | Run Windows on Mac, VDI, and Enterprise Virtualization Solutions

    Run Windows on Mac with Parallels, trusted by millions worldwide. Access Windows applications on Apple silicon Macs and deliver virtual apps, VDI, and secure digital workspaces.

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  19. 19
    RustDesk rustdesk.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    RustDesk: Open-Source Remote Desktop with Self-Hosted Server Solutions

    RustDesk is open-source remote desktop software for your own self-hosted server, a TeamViewer and AnyDesk alternative for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android.

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  20. 20
    JSR jsr.io English No trackers

    JSR: the JavaScript Registry

    JSR is the open-source package registry for modern JavaScript. JSR natively supports TypeScript, and works with all JS runtimes and package managers.

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Enlightenment’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Enlightenment uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Enlightenment adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 3 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
24 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Enlightenment’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

QEMUOllamaWordPressX Window Systemfreedesktop.orgCygwinlxqt-project.orgKDEGNOMExfce.org