Open Source Rust Desktop Environment Software

Seelen UI is a highly customisable desktop enhancement suite for Windows 10/11 that focuses on productivity, aesthetics, and workflow control by layering new UI capabilities on top of the existing Windows environment. It targets users who want deeper control over how windows are arranged, how apps are launched, and how desktop surfaces behave, without fully replacing Windows with another shell. A core component is its tiling window manager functionality, enabling automatic window layouts that make multitasking more structured and faster than manual snapping. It also includes an application launcher inspired by keyboard-driven launchers, helping users open apps, search, and run commands quickly without relying on the Start menu. The project integrates additional desktop modules that can surface useful controls directly in the UI, such as media controls compatible with common players, reducing context switching.

komorebi is a tiling window manager that works as an extension to Microsoft's Desktop Window Manager in Windows 10 and above. komorebi allows you to control application windows, virtual workspaces and display monitors with a CLI which can be used with third-party software such as AutoHotKey to set user-defined keyboard shortcuts. komorebi aims to make as few modifications as possible to the operating system and desktop environment by default. Users are free to make such modifications in their own configuration files for komorebi, but these will remain opt-in and off by default for the foreseeable future.

FlickOS 2.x is a lightweight Linux desktop based on Debian 13 (trixie) with a labwc Wayland session. It ships as a live ISO with the Calamares installer. One hybrid ISO boots BIOS and UEFI and can be written to USB. 64-bit only. Three layouts switch live: Redmond (default, one bottom panel), Cupertino (top bar and dock), and Traditional (top panel and window list). Arc-Dark by default, with a Light desktop style. Optional tiling is off by default (Super+T). Installed systems get a graphical login; the live session logs in automatically. Includes Firefox ESR, LibreOffice, VLC, Bluetooth, printing, Flatpak, PipeWire and NetworkManager. Firewall on (incoming blocked), automatic security updates, and FlickOS desktop updates via apt. No in-place upgrade from FlickOS 1.x (Ubuntu 20.04 / LXLE). Back up and install 2.2 fresh. Source: https://github.com/dvbondoy/flickos-apt Discord: https://discord.gg/xmpqbdfep Community: https://www.reddit.com/r/flickos/ License: GPL-3

Tauri is an open-source framework for building lightweight and high-performance desktop and mobile applications using web technologies. It allows developers to create user interfaces with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript while using Rust for the backend logic. By leveraging the operating system’s native WebView instead of bundling a full browser, Tauri produces significantly smaller and more efficient application binaries. The framework supports multiple front-end frameworks such as React, Vue, Svelte, and others that compile to web technologies. Tauri provides a secure bridge between the frontend and the Rust backend, enabling native functionality while maintaining strong security practices. With cross-platform support, developers can build applications that run on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Accshift switches game launcher accounts in one click, without signing out or retyping a password. It drives each launcher's own remember-me mechanism: the saved session is captured, one snapshot is kept per account on your machine, and the right one is restored on switch. No password is ever stored, and session data is encrypted at rest with DPAPI, the Keychain or the Secret Service. Launchers: Steam, Riot Games (Valorant, League of Legends), Battle.net (Overwatch 2, Diablo IV, WoW, Call of Duty), Epic Games (Fortnite, Rocket League), Ubisoft Connect, Roblox, and in testing GOG Galaxy, Jagex Launcher and Discord. Steam runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. Also: personas to switch several launchers at once, a streamer mode that blurs names and avatars while OBS or Streamlabs is running, folders, colour labels, search, a Ctrl+K command palette, a PIN lock, seven interface languages, and a scriptable CLI with accshift:// deep links. Docs: github.com/klNuno/accshift/wiki. MIT licens

Baru gathers the information from /sys and /proc filesystems (filled by the kernel). Except for audio and network modules that use C libraries. There is no memory leak over time. All modules are threaded. Thanks to this design (as well as Rust and C), baru is lightweight and efficient. It can run at a high refresh rate with a minimal processor footprint. The audio module communicates with the PipeWire/PulseAudio server through client API to retrieve its data. Wireless and wired modules use the netlink interface with the help of libnl to talk directly to the kernel and retrieve their data. Baru is modular. This means that only the modules you want to see are instantiated and executed.