sfwbar Alternatives

sfwbar is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to sfwbar for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, FreeBSD and Windows apps. The best sfwbar alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like sfwbar are Quickshell, Ewwii, YASB Reborn and zebar.

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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 sfwbar.

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

    • Eww is Free and Open Sourcesfwbar is also Free and Open Source
    • Eww is Customizablesfwbar 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 sfwbar.

    • YASB Reborn is Free and Open Sourcesfwbar is also Free and Open Source
  5. 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 sfwbar.

    • zebar is Free and Open Sourcesfwbar 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
     
  7.  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
     
  8. 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
     
  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. slstatus icon
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    slstatus is a status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME or stdin to fill the status bar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.

    23 Waybar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • Wayland
     
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