Polybar Alternatives

Polybar is described as 'Status bar for Unix-like systems' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Polybar for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, GTK, BSD and openSUSE apps. The best Polybar alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Polybar are Quickshell, Ewwii, YASB Reborn and AGS.

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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.

    61 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Eww is the most popular Linux alternative to Polybar.

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

    • Eww is Free and Open SourcePolybar is also Free and Open Source
    • Eww is CustomizablePolybar is not according to our users
  2. Quickshell icon
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    Quickshell is a toolkit for building status bars, widgets, lockscreens, and other desktop components using QtQuick. It can be used alongside your wayland compositor or window manager to build a complete desktop environment.

    22 Quickshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Ewwii icon
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    Ewwii is a flexible, resource-efficient, and scriptable widget system that integrates seamlessly with any programming language, letting developers build powerful interfaces quickly.

    19 Ewwii alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Wayland
    • Nix Package Manager
     
  4. YASB Reborn icon
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    A highly configurable Windows status bar written in Python.

    28 YASB Reborn alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • YASB Reborn is the most popular Windows alternative to Polybar.

    • YASB Reborn is Free and Open SourcePolybar is also Free and Open Source
  5. AGS icon
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    A framework for crafting Wayland Desktop Shells.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Typescript
    • Wayland
     
  6. zebar icon
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    Zebar is a tool for creating customizable and cross-platform taskbars, desktop widgets, and popups.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • zebar is the most popular Mac alternative to Polybar.

    • zebar is Free and Open SourcePolybar is also Free and Open Source
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    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
  8.  1 like
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    Modular status panel for X11 and Wayland, inspired by polybar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  9. 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.

    23 xfce-panel alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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