This is a list of software that provides an alternative graphical user interface for Microsoft Windows operating systems. The technical term for this interface is a shell. Windows' standard user interface is the Windows shell; Windows 3.0 and Windows 3.1 have a different shell, called Program Manager. The programs in this list do not restyle the Windows shell, but replace it; therefore, they look and function differently, and have different configuration options.

See also

• Comparison of Start menu replacements for Windows 8

• Comparison of X Window System desktop environments

• Desktop environment

• History of the graphical user interface

• Microsoft Bob

• Removal of Internet Explorer

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• Kryxus OS – An offline environment compiler for Windows and Linux environments. It modifies the Component-Based Servicing (CBS) registry and Win32 subsystem of system images prior to installation to reduce high-IRQL hardware interrupts and Deferred Procedure Call (DPC) latency for specific compute workloads.