Oatbar Alternatives

Oatbar is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Oatbar for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, FreeBSD, BSD and openSUSE apps. The best Oatbar alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Oatbar are Quickshell, ironbar, Yambar and nwg-panel.

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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...

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Oatbar alternatives page was last updated May 4, 2025
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  1. Eww icon
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    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    53 Eww alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets
    4.  Gtk
    5.  Rust

    Eww VS Oatbar

     
    • Eww is the most popular Linux alternative to Oatbar.

    • Eww is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Oatbar.

    • Eww is Free and Open SourceOatbar is also Free and Open Source
  2. Quickshell icon
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    A Flexible toolkit for making desktop shells with QtQuick, targeting Wayland and X11.

    17 Quickshell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Widgets

    Quickshell VS Oatbar

     
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    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK

    ironbar Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Gtk

    ironbar VS Oatbar

     
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    Modular status panel for X11 and Wayland, inspired by polybar.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    "This project is not developed anymore, and this repository will be archived in a near future"

    Yambar Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Yambar VS Oatbar

     
  5. nwg-panel icon
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    Nwg-panel is a GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors. The panel is equipped with a graphical configuration program that frees the user from the need to manually edit configuration files.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    nwg-panel Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Geeky

    nwg-panel VS Oatbar

     
  6. xfce-panel icon
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    Xfce componet to switch between opened windows, launch applications, switch workspaces and menu plugins to browse applications or directories.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    xfce-panel VS Oatbar

     
  7. Polybar icon
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    Status bar for Unix-like systems.

    17 Polybar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD

    Polybar Features

    1.  X server

    Polybar VS Oatbar

     
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    Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.

    17 Waybar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • Wayland

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Support for Multiple Monitors
    2.  Modular System
    3.  Temperature Monitoring
    4.  Network speed monitor
    5.  Wayland Support
    6.  Desktop Widget
    7.  Multi panel
    8.  Support for MPD

    Waybar VS Oatbar

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

    24 ADeskBar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    ADeskBar Features

    1.  Gtk

    ADeskBar VS Oatbar

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    BMPanel VS Oatbar

     
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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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • i3
    • Linux

    i3status-rust VS Oatbar

     
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    lemonbar (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.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • openSUSE

    lemonbar Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Geeky

    lemonbar VS Oatbar

     
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