slstatus Alternatives

slstatus is described as 'Status monitor for window managers that use WM_NAME or stdin to fill the status bar' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to slstatus for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, FreeBSD, BSD and openSUSE apps. The best slstatus alternative is Quickshell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like slstatus are zebar, ironbar, Yambar and nwg-panel.

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  1. 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.

    19 Quickshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Quickshell is the most popular Linux alternative to slstatus.

    • Quickshell is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to slstatus.

    • Quickshell is Free and Open Sourceslstatus is also Free and Open Source
    • Quickshell is Lightweight and Customizableslstatus is not according to our users
  2. zebar icon
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    Zebar is a tool for creating customizable and cross-platform taskbars, desktop widgets, and popups.

    19 zebar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
    • zebar is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to slstatus.

    • zebar is Free and Open Sourceslstatus is also Free and Open Source
  3.  2 likes
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    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
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    Modular status panel for X11 and Wayland, inspired by polybar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  5. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    19 Waybar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • Wayland
     
  8. ADeskBar icon
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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 (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
     
  10. wf-shell icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
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