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Fly-Pie vs Kando: catalog facts
Fly-Pie	Kando
Best for: GNOME users who like mouse or pen gestures for launching apps and actions	Best for: Circular pie menu that launches apps, runs scripts and fires keyboard shortcuts
Free Free to install from the public repository.	Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external services are separate.
Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
Pie menus you can select from quickly with gestures Customizable menus with presets All 3 strengths for Fly-Pie Pie menus you can select from quickly with gestures Customizable menus with presets Integrates directly into GNOME Shell	Menu items sit in fixed directions around the cursor, so the gestures become muscle memory, and it takes… Full strengths for Kando Menu items sit in fixed directions around the cursor, so the gestures become muscle memory, and it takes mouse, pen, touch or controller input.
Low-maintenance mode; the developer's focus is now Kando Works only with GNOME Shell	It is still young software and the Wayland integration depends on which compositor you run.
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Offline features available	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Fly-Pie github.com/Schneegans/Fly-Pie Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Kando github.com/kando-menu/kando Catalog checked September 22, 2026

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