A lightweight, feature-rich dock for Linux written in Python with GTK 3 and Cairo. Inspired by Plank and Cairo-Dock, with an extensible applet system for custom widgets.
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Avant Window Navigator Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to Avant Window Navigator for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Docking, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Avant Window Navigator and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Avant Window Navigator are ueli, Cairo-Dock, Docky and Plank.
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50 Docking alternatives
89 ueli alternativesDeveloped with the Electron framework, ueli is the type of tool that adopts simplicity, leaving out any unnecessary options and configuration settings. It creates an icon in the system tray at startup, where it sits silently throughout its runtime, without disturbing you with...
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50 Cairo-Dock alternativesAnimated dock for Linux desktops with hardware acceleration, multi-dock support, taskbar and launcher tools, and an array of applets that can act as detachable widgets. Features a macOS-like interface, multiple themes, low CPU usage, and community-driven customization.
54 Docky alternativesDocky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
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22 Plank alternativesPlank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features.
GNOME Do allows you to quickly search for many items present on your desktop or the web, and perform useful actions on those items.
25 Latte Dock alternativesLatte is a dock based on plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids. It animates its contents by using parabolic zoom effect and trys to be there only when it is needed.
32 tint2 alternativestint2 is a simple panel/taskbar unintrusive and light (memory / cpu / aestetic). We try to get virtual desktop and multi-monitor easier to use. We follow freedesktop specifications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- 50 nwg-dock alternatives
Fully configurable (w/ command line arguments and css) dock, written in Go, aimed exclusively at sway Wayland compositor. It features pinned buttons, task buttons, the workspace switcher and the launcher button.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Linux
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Gnome Panel is a component that is part of GnomeFlashback and provides panels and default applets for the desktop. A panel is a horizontal or vertical bar that can be added to each side of the screen. By default there is one panel on the top of the screen and one on the bottom...
KSmoothDock is a cool desktop panel with parabolic zooming effect for KDE Plasma 5, with the focus on smooth zooming effect and being simple and easy to use.
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It's no nonsense and light.