wayle Alternatives

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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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   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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   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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   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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   sfwbar

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   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...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • 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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