OpenShell
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Dec 31, 2025first mention
Oct 24, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Was hoping it was this: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu”
“perhaps an integration with https://github.com/NVIDIA/openshell in the form of an extension?”
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“For the start menu I replace it with Open Shell, which seems to find apps much more reliably.”
“They bring back the context menu and the old task bar, as well as the old start menu.”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
Also written as Open-Shell, Open Shell. Data: openshell.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 8
“Was hoping it was this: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu”
“Can MXC JSON be used for configuration of OS-portable sandboxing policies with OpenShell, too?”
“We've been using OpenShell for a while”
“Looking at the complexity of OpenShell and the simplicity of just building on top of docker”
“perhaps an integration with https://github.com/NVIDIA/openshell in the form of an extension?”
“the open-source Windows Start menu replacement: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu”
“For the start menu I replace it with Open Shell, which seems to find apps much more reliably.”
“They bring back the context menu and the old task bar, as well as the old start menu.”