sfwbar Alternatives

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   slstatus

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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

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   Polybar

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   Status bar for Unix-like systems.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD
   • FreeBSD
   • X11

   

   

   

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   ADeskBar

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

   

   

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   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   dwlb

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   Feature-Complete Bar for DWL.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Wayland
   • Linux

   • Global

   

   

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   Oatbar

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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 a JSON stream that controls it's appearance, we take this idea much further without becoming a DIY widget toolkit.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   wf-shell

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   wf-shell is a repository which contains the various components needed to built a fully functional DE based around wayfire. Currently it has only a GTK-based panel and background client.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Platforms

   • Wayland
   • Linux

   

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    xmobar

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    Xmobar is a minimalistic status bar. It was originally designed and implemented to work with xmonad, but it is actually usable with any window manager in X11 and also (via its text output mode) Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haskell
    • FreeBSD
    • openSUSE
    • Gentoo
    • X11
    • Wayland

    

    

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • openSUSE

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    rootbar

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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 wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    

    

    

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    i3status-rust

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • i3
    • Linux

    

    

    

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