Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features.
Sidebar Alternatives
Sidebar is described as 'Enhances macOS Dock with customizable Sidebar, offering multi-screen support, window previews, and WindowSnap for managing window positions' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Sidebar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and KDE Plasma apps. The best Sidebar alternative is WindowSill, which is free. Other great apps like Sidebar are Docking, RocketDock, Cairo-Dock and ObjectDock.
Alternatives list
22 Plank alternatives
28 Sideslide alternativesSideSlide is an advanced, portable, unobtrusive, dockable, skinnable, instantly accessible, highly configurable Desktop Extension on Steroids! Clean desktop clutter and make your computer friendlier and faster than ever before.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Windows
263 WinExt Free alternativesPowerful Win utilities: fix registry, clean junk, protect privacy, optimize system, quick launch, find duplicates, folder size, see more recent resources, activity monitor, batch operation, synchronization, disable context menus, skip UAC, trace file.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
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Transform your macOS Dock with Spring! This powerful yet easy-to-use app lets you create personalized shortcuts for any Mac app by selecting custom icons. With Spring, you can easily customize your Dock to match your style.
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45 Another Dock alternativesA Second Dock. Elegant, Efficient, Intuitive. Pin any file, folder, or app — and keep it always accessible in Another Dock.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
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18 WinLaunch alternativesWinLaunch is a Windows program that resembles a Mac OS X Lion Launchpad.
Features:
Instant access to all your important applications and documents from everywhere! Perfect Mac OS X look and feel Tons of customization options Optimized controls for touchscreens and tablets! Win.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar unintrusive and light (memory / cpu / aestetic). We try to get virtual desktop and multi-monitor easier to use. We follow freedesktop specifications.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
Avant Window Navigator (AWN/Awn) is a dock-like navigation bar for the linux desktop that positions itself at the bottom of the screen. It can be used to keep track of open windows and behaves like a normal window list.
27 Latte Dock alternativesLatte is a dock based on plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids. It animates its contents by using parabolic zoom effect and trys to be there only when it is needed.
uBar is the task bar for the Mac. Whether you've never really liked the Dock, always wanted the one thing that Windows does right, or are switching from Windows to OS X, uBar is the perfect solution.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
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InfyniDock is a macOS Dock alternative and Mac window manager for exact window switching. It can run as a Menu Dock from the menu bar, a FloatDock visual switcher, or a full window-first Dock. It helps users preview and switch to individual windows across apps, displays, and Spaces.
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