Quickshell Alternatives

Quickshell is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Quickshell for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, GTK and FreeBSD apps. The best Quickshell alternative is Wigify, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Quickshell are Eww, wayle, Ewwii and Riftbar.

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  1. Wigify icon

    Wigify

     11 likes

    A desktop app that lets you create and display custom HTML/CSS/JS widgets right on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Wigify screenshot 1
     
  2. Eww icon

    Eww

     15 likes

    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    64 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Eww screenshot 1
     
  4. wayle icon

    wayle

     4 likes

    A Wayland desktop shell with the bar, notifications, OSD, wallpaper, and device controls built in. Written in Rust with GTK4 and Relm4.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Fedora
    • GTK
    • Wayland
    wayle screenshot 1
     
  5. Ewwii icon

    Ewwii

     4 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Nix Package Manager
    • GTK
    • Wayland
    • X11
    https://github.com/Ewwii-sh/astatine-dots
     
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    Riftbar

     1 like

    Highly customizable GTK4 bar for Wayland written in Rust.?? 🎉.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Riftbar screenshot 1
     
  9. AGS icon

    AGS

     2 likes

    A framework for crafting Wayland Desktop Shells.

    56 AGS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Typescript
    • Wayland
    https://github.com/ezerinz/epik-shell
     
  11. zebar icon

    zebar

     1 like

    Zebar is a tool for creating customizable and cross-platform taskbars, desktop widgets, and popups.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    zebar screenshot 1
     
  12. I

    ironbar

     3 likes

    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
    ironbar screenshot 1
     
  13. Y

    Yambar

     1 like

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

    24 Yambar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    Yambar screenshot 1
     
  14. xfce-panel icon

    xfce-panel

     4 likes

    Xfce componet to switch between opened windows, launch applications, switch workspaces and menu plugins to browse applications or directories.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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