Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
BMPanel Alternatives
BMPanel is described as '(bitmap panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and clock. The application is inspired by simplicity of fspanel. BMPanel has a modern look and feel, while keeping itself tiny and small' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to BMPanel for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Wayland, Mac and BSD apps. The best BMPanel alternative is RocketDock, which is free. Other great apps like BMPanel are Cairo-Dock, Eww, Docky and Quickshell.
Alternatives list
[Last update was released on 05 Oct 2007, but you can download it from Softpedia.com on http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/LaunchTab.shtml ]
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
SSuite Mac Dock is a very simple Windows utility designed to create a Mac OS X-like dock on your desktop, allowing you to launch certain programs with just a single click, just like you do with the ones in the Quick Launch.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Coolbarz is a very efficient app launcher or desktop toolbar for easy access to your most commonly used programs or folders. Working and tested on Windows 10.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
+2
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Wayland
- Linux
Xmobar is a minimalistic status bar. It was originally designed and implemented to work with xmonad, but it is actually usable with any window manager in X11 and also (via its text output mode) Wayland.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Linux
- Haskell
- FreeBSD
- openSUSE
- Gentoo
- X11
- Wayland
20 wf-shell alternativeswf-shell is a repository which contains the various components needed to built a fully functional DE based around wayfire. Currently it has only a GTK-based panel and background client.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Wayland
- Linux
i3status-rs is a feature-rich and resource-friendly replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust. It provides a way to display "blocks" of system information (time, battery status, volume, etc) on bars that support the i3bar protocol.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- i3
- Linux
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The motivation for creation of oatbar was to extend on the idea of Unix-way for toolbars. Inspired by i3bar which consumes a JSON stream that controls it's appearance, we take this idea much further without becoming a DIY widget toolkit.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
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