Top 15 PyPanel Alternative and Similar Softwares | May 2024

PyPanel is a lightweight panel/taskbar written in Python and C for X11 window managers. It can be easily customized to match any desktop theme or taste. PyPanel works with EWMH compliant WMs (Openbox, PekWM, FVWM, etc.) and is distributed under the GNU General Public License v2.

Some of the customizable features include:

* Transparency with shading/tinting
* Panel dimensions, location and layout
* Font type and colors with Xft and shadow support
* Button events/actions
* Clock and workspace name display
* System Tray (Notification Area)
* Autohiding
* Application Launcher
* Custom Application Icons

1. Appetizer

Appetizer Appetizer is a free application launcher, or dock, for Windows. It allows organizing your shortcuts and folders into a convenient dock. The app is open source, which means that its free and will remain so. It is entirely customizable and is available in multiple languages.......

2. tint2

tint2 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.As of version 0.9 features include: * panel with taskbar, systray, clock and battery status * easy to customize : color/transparency on font,......

3. MadAppLauncher

MadAppLauncher A simple application launcher. It is very fast and easy to use. It is unlike your common dock or menu launcher. It introduces several different features such as QWERTY based launching, tab group navigation using numbers, custom window placement for programs, and the ability to create an unlimited number of......

4. XWindows Dock

XWindows Dock XWindows Dock - or XWD for short - is the newest free Windows Vista and XP program of the class Application Launcher and Desktop Organizer. But its not just another one: its the result of years of use and observation of the many dock programs on the market, plus all......

5. Circle Dock

Circle Dock The idea behind Circle Dock is that the dock should appear where your mouse is instead of you having to move your mouse to the dock like with other programs. This is accomplished by making the dock a circular or spiral shape so that it can be placed anywhere, even......

6. Wise HotKey

Wise HotKey Wise Hotkey is a launcher for installed applications, folders located anywhere on the hard disk, areas of the Control Panel and various system tools (Wordpad, Camera, Calculator, Disk Cleaner, Notepad, Task Manager, and many more), as well as website addresses.Wise Hotkey comes with a predefined list of applications and folders......

7. Winstep Nexus

Winstep Nexus The Winstep Nexus Dock is a FREE professional dock for Windows. With Nexus, your most frequently used applications are only a mouse click away - and Nexus turns working with your computer into a fun and exciting experience.......

8. LaunchTab

LaunchTab [Last update was released on 05 Oct 2007, but you can download it from Softpedia.com on http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/LaunchTab.shtml ]LaunchTab is a freeware skinnable pop-up file launcher for Windows. LaunchTab has a graphical skinning feature that lets you create a "skin" toreplace the graphics for Tabs.LaunchTab uses simple file formats......

9. RocketDock

RocketDock RocketDock is a Mac OS X dock clone. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows......

10. Docky

Docky Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.Some of Docky's amazing features include themes, plugins, 4 different hiding modes,......

11. Cairo-Dock

Cairo-Dock Cairo-Dock is an animated application launch bar for the desktop, comparable to the dock in Mac OS X or Rocket Dock (for Windows).It is compatible with Compiz-Fusion, Beryl, Compiz and Xcompmgr, but it can also run without a composite manager (using fake transparency). Cairo-Dock can run under GNOME, KDE and......

12. Avant Window Navigator

Avant Window Navigator 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.......

13. tint3

tint3 Born as a fork and C++ port of tint2, tint3 retains backwards compatibility and provides a cleaner code base and better stability.......

14. Tintwizard

Tintwizard An easy way to change the appearance of tint2. Through an easy-to-use graphical user interface, you can generate configs and apply to them tint2.......

15. Tray Commander Lite

Tray Commander Lite Tray Commander is a multifunctional utility that lets you launch your frequently used programs, files, folders and documents directly from the system tray. It adds a single icon to the tray which, when clicked, displays a customizable menu that contains the shortcuts you selected. It supports commands to open and......