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 50 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 Docking, Cairo-Dock, ObjectDock and Eww.

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BMPanel alternatives page was last updated Mar 24, 2025

tint3
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Born as a fork and C++ port of tint2, tint3 retains backwards compatibility and provides a cleaner code base and better stability.
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Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
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Oatbar
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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.
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Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
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Linux
BSD
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sfwbar
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SFWBar (S* Floating Window Bar) is a flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind. Originally developed for Sway, SFWBar will work with any wayland compositor supporting layer shell protocol, the taskbar and window switcher...
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Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
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