rootbar Alternatives

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

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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...

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rootbar alternatives page was last updated May 4, 2025
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  1. Eww icon

    Eww

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Eww screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Configurable

    Features

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

    Eww VS rootbar

     

    • Eww is the most popular Linux alternative to rootbar.

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

    • Eww is Free and Open Sourcerootbar is also Free and Open Source
  2. Quickshell icon

    Quickshell

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    A Flexible toolkit for making desktop shells with QtQuick, targeting Wayland and X11.

    17 Quickshell alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    A lockscreen.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

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

    Quickshell VS rootbar

     

  4. ironbar

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    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
    ironbar screenshot 1

    ironbar Features

    1.  Rust
    2.  Gtk

    ironbar VS rootbar

     

  5. Yambar

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
    Yambar screenshot 1
    Discontinued

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

    Yambar Features

    1.  Wayland Support

    Yambar VS rootbar

     
  6. nwg-panel icon

    nwg-panel

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • PL flagPoland
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    nwg-panel screenshot 1

    nwg-panel Features

    1.  Wayland Support
    2.  Geeky

    nwg-panel VS rootbar

     
  7. xfce-panel icon

    xfce-panel

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    xfce-panel VS rootbar

     
  9. slstatus icon

    slstatus

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    slstatus is a status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME or stdin to fill the status bar.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    slstatus VS rootbar

     
  10. Polybar icon

    Polybar

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    Status bar for Unix-like systems.

    17 Polybar alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    Polybar screenshot 1

    Polybar Features

    1.  X server

    Polybar VS rootbar

     

  11. Waybar

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    Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.

    17 Waybar alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • Wayland
    Waybar screenshot 1

    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 rootbar

     
  12. ADeskBar icon

    ADeskBar

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

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    ADeskBar screenshot 1

    ADeskBar Features

    1.  Gtk

    ADeskBar VS rootbar

     

  13. 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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    BMPanel screenshot 1

    BMPanel VS rootbar

     

  14. lemonbar

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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

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • openSUSE

    lemonbar Features

    1.  Tiling Window Manager
    2.  Geeky

    lemonbar VS rootbar

     
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