Crystal Dock Alternatives

Crystal Dock is described as 'Cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to customize, and cross-desktop support' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Crystal Dock for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, KDE Plasma, GNOME and Xfce apps. The best Crystal Dock alternative is RocketDock, which is free. Other great apps like Crystal Dock are Docking, Cairo-Dock, ObjectDock and Eww.

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    nwg-dock

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    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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  2. Dash to Panel icon

    Dash to Panel

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    An icon taskbar for the GNOME Shell. This extension moves the dash into the GNOME main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+.

    10 Dash to Panel alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
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  4. Luncher icon

    Luncher

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    Luncher is a simple Windows application and file launcher. It allows you to setup buttons that act as shortcuts to open any application, file or folder. Luncher appears as a small panel on the top of the screen that is always easily accessible.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    ObjectDock

    Animated Windows dock for fast access to apps, shortcuts and files, featuring auto-hide, drag and drop launching, fully customizable color, size and position, support for multiple docks, shortcut management, enhanced desktop orga...

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    DockbarX

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    DockBarX is a lightweight taskbar / panel replacement for Linux which works as a stand-alone dock (called DockX), as an an Avant Window Navigator applet, as a Xfce4 panel applet1, as a matepanel applet2 or as a legacy gnome2 panel applet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Plank Reloaded icon

    Plank Reloaded

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    Plank Reloaded is a fork of the original Plank project. Like its predecessor, it aims to be the simplest dock on the planet, providing just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. KSmoothDock icon

    KSmoothDock

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
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