There is also a FWWM[1] "skin" that doesn't require long time abandoned C code - NsCDE[2]. It still requires X server (just like CDE itself) which becomes rarity these days. They need to port it to Wayland eventually.

[1] https://github.com/fvwmorg/fvwm3

[2] https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE

Eh, there's always https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayback/wayback for that.

Sorry, but this line is wildly inaccurate:

> that doesn't require long time abandoned C code

https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE

Not so Common Desktop Environment (NsCDE) 2.3 Latest

on Jun 16, 2023

https://sourceforge.net/projects/cdesktopenv/files/

src 2025-11-25

CDE is still in active development. NsCDE is effectively abandoned.

> In case you're not aware: CDE is still around, open source, and runs on modern unix-likes

Oh I'm aware :) also this beauty from SGI is now around again:

https://docs.maxxinteractive.com/