Open Source Cairo-Dock Alternatives
Cairo-Dock is described as 'A light, eye-candy, fully themable, MacOSX-like animated dock for any Linux desktop'. There are more than 25 alternatives to Cairo-Dock for various platforms. The best alternative is Docky, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Cairo-Dock are Plank (Free, Open Source), Latte Dock (Free, Open Source), tint2 (Free, Open Source) and MaxLauncher (Free, Open Source).
- Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. View 41 alternatives to Docky
- Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. View 9 alternatives to Plank
- Latte 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. View 10 alternatives to Latte Dock
- tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar unintrusive and light (memory / cpu / aestetic). We try to get virtual desktop and multi-monitor easier to use. View 29 alternatives to tint2
- MaxLauncher is a simple tabbed launcher that was designed to reduce the amount of time to find and run a program. View 44 alternatives to MaxLauncher
- Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. View 59 alternatives to Avant Window Navigator
- The idea behind Circle Dock is that the dock should appear where your mouse is instead of you having to move your mouse to the dock like with other programs. View 35 alternatives to Circle Dock
Discontinued
Project is dead since 2008. Have a look at the forum:
https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=d4239krfp6h6ghtdigpph6v7o0&topic=42700.0- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- a lightweight application launcher for Openbox, written in Python and GTK View 7 alternatives to ADeskBar
- Transform Gnome Shell's overview workspaces into an intelligent dock. View 3 alternatives to Workspaces to Dock
- PyPanel is a lightweight panel/taskbar written in Python and C for X11 window managers. It can be easily customized to match any desktop theme or taste. View 26 alternatives to PyPanel