xfce-panel Alternatives

xfce-panel is described as 'Xfce componet to switch between opened windows, launch applications, switch workspaces and menu plugins to browse applications or directories' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to xfce-panel for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, FreeBSD, BSD and openSUSE apps. The best xfce-panel alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like xfce-panel are Quickshell, zebar, ironbar and Yambar.

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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.

    56 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    • Eww is the most popular Linux alternative to xfce-panel.

    • Eww is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to xfce-panel.

    • Eww is Free and Open Sourcexfce-panel is also Free and Open Source
    • Eww is Customizablexfce-panel is not according to our users
  2. 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
     
  3. 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 xfce-panel.

    • zebar is Free and Open Sourcexfce-panel is also Free and Open Source
  4.  2 likes
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    Customisable Wayland gtk bar written in Rust.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    • Rust
    • GTK
     
  5.  1 like
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    Modular status panel for X11 and Wayland, inspired by polybar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
     
  6. 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
     
  7. slstatus icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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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
     
  9. 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
     
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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

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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