# Pop Shell

Pop!_OS Shell

Repository: https://github.com/pop-os/shell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pop-shell
Language: TypeScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: tiling, gnome-shell-extension, pop-os, window-manager
Last push: 2026-08-20T20:04:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2483, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5271, forks 301 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:14.021249+00:00)

## What it is
Pop Shell is a keyboard-driven GNOME Shell extension that adds advanced i3-like tiling window management to the GNOME desktop. It lets users automatically tile, navigate, and manage windows with keyboard shortcuts on any GNOME-based distribution.

## Use cases
- tile windows automatically in GNOME
- manage windows with keyboard shortcuts
- get i3-style tiling on GNOME desktop
- organize many windows on one display
- switch from i3wm to GNOME without losing tiling

## When to choose
- you use GNOME Shell and want automatic tiling
- you prefer keyboard-driven window navigation
- you want tiling without leaving GNOME

## When to avoid
- you use a desktop environment other than GNOME
- you prefer floating window management only
- you need a standalone window manager outside a desktop environment

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: desktop-framework, developer-tools
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: -
- tags: tiling-window-manager, gnome-shell-extension, keyboard-driven, window-management, pop-os, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- pop-os/shell (main) score 67
- pop-os/gnome-shell-extension-pop-cosmic (plugin) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.021249+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 2026-08-29T17:59:27.876789+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pop-os/shell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:14.021249+00:00, sha 63203bcb5e11)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.