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seenaburns/dex-ui

A science fiction desktop running on Linux. Awesome. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/seenaburns/dex-ui · C++ · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4243
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 855
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2555 stars · 140 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Dex UI is a handcrafted science-fiction-style desktop interface built with openFrameworks that runs fullscreen beneath a functioning terminal, creating the illusion of a sci-fi computer. It was designed as an experiment/art piece for Linux using X11 and BSPWM, and is no longer in active development.

Use cases

  • make my linux desktop look like a sci-fi movie interface
  • run a futuristic fullscreen ui under a terminal
  • customize a bspwm desktop with animated overlays
  • build an openframeworks fullscreen desktop animation
  • create a movie-style computer interface on linux

When to choose

  • you want a visually striking sci-fi desktop aesthetic on Linux and are comfortable hacking openFrameworks and BSPWM yourself
  • you need reference code for layered fullscreen X11 windows with animations

When to avoid

  • you need a maintained, distributable desktop environment or easy installation
  • you use Wayland or a non-Linux platform
  • you expect support, documentation, or included assets like fonts

Facets

application · maturity abandoned

gui graphics animation terminal-ui desktop-applications graphics developer-tools cpp sci-fi-interface openframeworks art-project bspm desktop-environment x11 linux desktop

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
seenaburns/dex-uimain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="seenaburns/dex-ui")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem