# fosslife/awesome-ricing

A curated list of awesome tools and technology to help you out with ricing on linux

Repository: https://github.com/fosslife/awesome-ricing
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-ricing
License Family: other
Topics: ricing, linux, rice, arch-linux, cli-tool, terminal-emulators, panel, tiling, window-manager, awesome-list, awesome
Last push: 2026-08-20T05:22:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2816, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4460, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.637877+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of tools and technologies for ricing (customizing the visual appearance of) Linux desktops. It catalogs window managers, terminal emulators, bars, shells, prompts, colorschemes, and CLI utilities.

## Use cases
- find a tiling window manager for linux
- discover terminal emulators and shell prompts
- customize my linux desktop appearance
- find colorscheme generators
- get system monitor and fetch tools for ricing
- learn how to rice arch linux

## When to choose
- you want a curated directory of linux desktop customization tools
- you're setting up a riced linux environment from scratch
- you want to compare window managers, bars, and shells

## When to avoid
- you need a ready-made desktop environment rather than a list of tools
- you want ricing tools for Windows
- you need software, not a link collection

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, terminal-ui
- domain: operating-systems, desktop-applications, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: ricing, window-manager, tiling, curated-list, desktop-customization, terminal-emulators, arch-linux, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- fosslife/awesome-ricing (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.637877+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:42.537112+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fosslife/awesome-ricing (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.637877+00:00, sha 4670fd66a42d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.