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24 alternatives to Elementary OS 5 Juno

The fast, open, and privacy-respecting OS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Elementary OS 5 Juno launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    The privacy focused replacement to Windows and Mac OS

    2018 · elementary.io · its alternatives →

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    Juno▲167

    Juno is the local voice layer for Mac with live transcription, Voice Actions, Voice Commands, private offline dictation after setup, and no subscription or paid tier.

    Jun 2026 · usejuno.co · its alternatives →

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    A fast and open replacement for Windows and macOS

    2016 · elementary.io · its alternatives →

  4. 4IM

    I've wanted to make my own OS since I started programming. Now, 5 years later, I did it (kind of). Sure, it is really basic, has very little functionality, but I made it and I'm proud of that. Oh, and I'm just 16 btw.

    2025 · jotalea.com.ar · its alternatives →

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    A fast and open replacement for Windows and OS X

    2015 · elementary.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN community, I’m Zach, founder and CEO of Warp, and am excited to show you Warp, a fast Rust-based terminal that’s easy to use and built for teams. As of today, Warp is in public beta and any Mac user can download it. It works with bash, zsh, and fish. The terminal’s teletype-like interface has made it hard for the CLI to thrive. After 20 years of programming, I still find it hard to copy a command’s output; I always forget how to use `tar`; and I always have to relearn how to move my cursor. To fix fundamental accessibility issues, I believe we need to start innovating on the terminal,…

    2022 · warp.dev · its alternatives →

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    All new OS for your Mac

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Apple's newest MacOS update

    2017 · apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Your buddy in everyday student life

    2023 · matthewnotion.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Sava OS▲139

    A desktop interface for your web browser

    2024 · savaos.com · its alternatives →

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    This is my operating system that I've been working for the past 2 years. All of the code is written exclusively by me except from ported software. banan-os has a monolithic kernel targeting x86 (i686) and x86_64 architectures. The project consists of bootloader, kernel and userspace libraries (libc, libGUI, libFont, ...). It also uses my custom C++ standard library partly based on stdc++. Currently I have basic TTY and GUI environment with some of the basic UNIX utilities like cp, ls and stat. I have basic support for USB (keyboard/mouse/storage), disks (NVMe, AHCI), custom…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Nixmac▲139

    Nix-darwin that speaks plain English

    Jul 2026 · nixmac.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi there! I've been on-and-off working on TacOS for a few months, which follows some UNIX-derived concepts (exec/fork, unix-style VFS, etc) and is now able to run a port of Doom, with a fairly small amount of modifications, using my from-scratch libc. The performance is actually decent compared to what I expected. Very interested to hear your thoughts. Thank you!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open source Linux-based OS that is fast, powerful and secure

    2017 · zorin.com · its alternatives →

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    The brand new OS for Mac

    2019 · apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Pi▲117

    The all-in-one productivity powerhouse for your whole day

    2018 · pipipi.co · its alternatives →

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    (Very) basic UNIX-like operating system built when I was younger - SamyPesse/devos

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Open source mobile OS focused on privacy and security.

    2019 · grapheneos.org · its alternatives →

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    The next-generation Ubuntu for Developers, AI and Cloud

    Apr 2026 · ubuntu.com · its alternatives →

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    The rock-solid OS that powers the internet, now even better

    2025 · debian.org · its alternatives →

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    Single-codebase for Windows, Web, iOS, macOS, Android, Linux

    2020 · platform.uno · its alternatives →

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    A fast, rootless sandbox and virtual resource runtime for any workload, including untrusted and AI-generated code. Daemonless: a real, kernel-enforced container in ~3.5 ms from an OCI image, out of one static binary - getkern/kern

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Organize your projects and team. Now on Mac, Windows, Linux.

    2018 · zenkit.com · its alternatives →

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    TermHere▲147

    “Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder

    2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →

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