wayle Alternatives

Apps similar to wayle include Eww, which is free and open source. Other options are Quickshell, zebar, Ewwii and ironbar. You can choose from more than 10 Desktop Customization Tools like wayle for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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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.

    69 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  2. Quickshell icon
     8 likes

    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.

    25 Quickshell alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  3. zebar icon
     1 like

    Zebar is a tool for creating customizable and cross-platform taskbars, desktop widgets, and popups.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  4. Ewwii icon
     4 likes

    Ewwii is a flexible, resource-efficient, and scriptable widget system that integrates seamlessly with any programming language, letting developers build powerful interfaces quickly.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Rust
    • Nix Package Manager
    • GTK
    • Wayland
    • X11
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  5.  3 likes

    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
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  6.  1 like

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

    24 Yambar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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  7.  4 likes

    Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.

    25 Waybar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Sway
    • Wayland
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  8. nwg-panel icon
     1 like

    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
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  9. slstatus icon
     1 like

    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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  10. Polybar icon
     2 likes

    Status bar for Unix-like systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • X11
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  11.  2 likes

    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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  12. Riftbar icon
     1 like

    Highly customizable GTK4 bar for Wayland written in Rust.?? 🎉.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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