ironbar Alternatives

Apps similar to ironbar include wayle, which is free and open source. Other options are YASB Reborn, Eww, Quickshell and Ewwii. Desktop Customization Tools like ironbar are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Linux, Windows and Mac.

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ironbar alternatives page was last updated Mar 4, 2025

wf-shell
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wf-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.
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Free
Open Source (MIT)
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Wayland
Linux
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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)
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Linux
Wayland
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