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24 alternatives to KDE Neon

A very nice looking open source operating system.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. KDE Neon launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
I made an open-source laptop from scratch▲3,237
Hello! I'm Byran. I spent the past ~6 months engineering a laptop from scratch. It's fully open-source on GH at: https://github.com/Hello9999901/laptop
2025 · byran.ee · its alternatives →
2
Zorin OS 12▲139
Open source Linux-based OS that is fast, powerful and secure
2017 · zorin.com · its alternatives →
3
My self-written hobby OS is finally running on my vintage IBM ThinkPad▲575
Finally got my hobby OS up and running on real hardware. I love the old IBM thinkpads, so thought it was the perfect machine to get it working on. Been working on it for quite some time now, but this has been a big milestone!
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Apricity OS▲8
A Beautiful Arch Linux Distro
2016 · apricityos.com · its alternatives →
5
LineageOS▲131
The successor to CyanogenMod, an Android Distribution
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
6
Fuchsia▲30
Google's mysterious new open source Operating System
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
HummingBird▲60
Powerful Linux Single Board Computer
2014 · solid-run.com · its alternatives →
8
Beautiful Open▲132
Beautiful sites for Open Source projects
2014 · beautifulopen.com · its alternatives →
9
Lakka▲85
Lightweight Linux distro dedicated to retro gaming.
2015 · lakka.tv · its alternatives →
10
KnightOS▲136
An open-source OS for calculators
2016 · its alternatives →
11
DEV·TV▲161
A retro TV for GitHub, Hacker News, DEV & Hugging Face
28d ago · shouvik12.github.io · its alternatives →
12
KDE Restoration Project▲3
KDE 1 running on a modern Linux
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Apollo (from Baidu)▲111
Open Source platform to develop autonomous driving systems
2017 · its alternatives →
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A miniature Linux distro for non-rooted Android devices▲94
2013 · kevinboone.net · its alternatives →
15
My microkernel-based OS built from scratch now has basic Unix commands▲69
This project contains no code from Linux, BSD, Minix, or any other OS. Everything up until this point is written entirely from scratch, including a pure microkernel (that only implements multiprocessor priority scheduling, memory management, and interprocess communication), a work-in-progress implementation of the standard C library, and a variety of servers that provide drivers and other essential OS functionality. At the time of writing this post, the servers provide drivers for the keyboard, NVMe SSDs (that works on real hardware), a Unix-like virtual file system (with a single root…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
16
OSv▲63
Free Open Source OS for Cloud-Based Startups
2014 · osv.io · its alternatives →
17
RancherOS▲59
A minimalist distribution of Linux
2015 · rancher.com · its alternatives →
18
Plasma Mobile▲4
Fully open OS from the KDE project
2016 · plasma-mobile.org · its alternatives →
19
elementaryOS Loki (0.4)▲9
A fast and open replacement for Windows and macOS
2016 · elementary.io · its alternatives →
20
Debian 13 "Trixie"▲145
The rock-solid OS that powers the internet, now even better
2025 · debian.org · its alternatives →
21
GrapheneOS▲116
Open source mobile OS focused on privacy and security.
2019 · grapheneos.org · its alternatives →
22
KDE Connect▲65
Open Source alternative of Pushbullet (For KDE users)
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
23
Mole (BETA)▲7
The underground war of home screens has begun!
2015 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
24
LittleBits - the bitLab▲84
The Marketplace For User-Generated Hardware
2014 · edu.sphero.com · its alternatives →

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