lemonbar Alternatives

lemonbar is described as '(formerly known as bar) is a lightweight statusbar based on XCB. Provides full UTF-8 support, basic formatting, RandR and Xinerama support and EWMH compliance without wasting your precious memory' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to lemonbar for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, Rust and X11 apps. The best lemonbar alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like lemonbar are YASB Reborn, Quickshell, Ewwii and zebar.

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  1. ADeskBar icon

    ADeskBar

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    a lightweight application launcher for Openbox, written in Python and GTK.

    31 ADeskBar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. B

    BMPanel

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    BMPanel (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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    BMPanel screenshot 1
     
  4. X

    xmobar

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    Xmobar is a minimalistic status bar. It was originally designed and implemented to work with xmonad, but it is actually usable with any window manager in X11 and also (via its text output mode) Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haskell
    • FreeBSD
    • openSUSE
    • Gentoo
    • X11
    • Wayland
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  5. D

    dwlb

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    Feature-Complete Bar for DWL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  6. S

    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...

    21 sfwbar alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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  7. I

    i3status-rust

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    i3status-rs is a feature-rich and resource-friendly replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust. It provides a way to display "blocks" of system information (time, battery status, volume, etc) on bars that support the i3bar protocol.

    23 i3status-rust alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • i3
    • Linux
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  9. wf-shell icon

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    wf-shell screenshot 1
     
  10. R

    rootbar

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    Root Bar is a bar for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway and was designed to address the lack of good bars for wayland.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    rootbar screenshot 1
     
  11. O

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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