Linux/Unix bars and widgets projects

TD;DR: this repository contains a list of projects designed for *Nix (Linux/Unix-like) operating systems, which are made to help you create desktop widgets and/or status bars

Widgets And Bars

a list of projects made to create desktop widgets (including status bars)

Project	Description	Made-with	Configured-in	Platform
eww	ElKowars wacky widgets	Rust	Custom	Wayland and X11
Fabric	Next-Gen python framework for creating system widgets on *Nix systems!	Python	Python	Wayland and X11
QuickShell	Simple and flexbile QtQuick based desktop shell toolkit	C++	QML	Wayland and X11
AGS	A customizable and extensible shell	TS/JS	TS/JS	Wayland Only
Tsuki (Dead)	A gtk4-layer-shell widget system for wayland compositors	C	Lua	Wayland Only

Bars

a list of projects made to create status bars only

Project	Description	Made-with	Configured-in	Platform
YAB	YAB - Yet Another Bar is gtk based statusbar for i3 with support for CSS (Archived)	Rust	Custom	Wayland and X11
Yambar (Codeberg)	Modular status panel for X11 and Wayland	C	YAML	Wayland and X11
Waybar	Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.	C++	JSON	Wayland Only
HybirdBar	A status bar focused on wlroots Wayland compositors	Rust	JSON	Wayland Only
Ironbar	Customisable gtk-layer-shell wlroots/sway bar written in Rust.	Rust	JSON/TOML/YAML/Corn	Wayland Only
gBar	Blazingly fast status bar written with GTK	C++	Custom (AKA YAML)	Wayland Only
Rootbar (SoruceHut)	a bar for wlroots based wayland compositors designed to address the lack of good bars for wayland.	C	NA	Wayland Only
Sfwbar	S* Floating Window Bar	C	Custom	Wayland Only
Rwaybar	A taskbar for wayland compositors.	Rust	Custom	Wayland Only
nwg-panel	GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors	Python	NA	Wayland Only
Cinnabar	NA	Python	NA	Wayland Only
Sysbar	Modular status bar for wayland	C++	CONF	Wayland Only
Taffybar	A gtk based status bar for tiling window managers such as XMonad	Haskell	Haskell	X11 Only
Lemonbar	A featherweight, lemon-scented, bar based on xcb	C	Shell	X11 Only
Unknowndock	unknowdock status bar for unknowwm	Python	Python	X11 Only
Xmobar (Codeberg)	A minimalist status bar	Haskell	Haskell	X11 Only
Dwmblocks	A suckless philosophy i3block like statusbar, patchable to add more functionality	C	C/Shell	X11 Only
Xstatbar	A small horizontal system-stats displayer for X11.	C	NA	X11 Only
Oxbar	configurable X11 status bar for OpenBSD (and xstatbar successor)	C	INI	X11 Only
Barbara	A native Linux "bar", "dock", "panel", etc. written in Go, using Qt.	Go	NA	X11 Only
Tint2 (Gitlab)	A lightweight panel/taskbar for Linux and BSD	C	Custom	X11 Only
Polybar	A fast and easy-to-use status bar	C++	INI	X11 Only
Zebar	Zebar is a tool for creating customizable and cross-platform taskbars, desktop widgets, and popups.	Rust	JSON	Windows, MacOS and X11
Übersicht	Keep an eye on what is happening on your machine and in the World.	Objective-C	JavaScript	MacOS Only
Simple-Bar	A yabai status bar widget for Übersicht	JavaScript	JavaScript	MacOS Only
SketchyBar	A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement	C	Shell	MacOS Only
Bar3x	A powerful status bar for Linux desktops	Go	XML	NA
Gr8bar	A cross-platform status bar made with Qt5	Python	Python	NA

See Also

other projects you might be interested in

Project	Description
SwayNotificationCenter	A simple GTK based notification daemon for SwayWM
KivBar (Archive)	A eww widgets like bar made in kivy
Dmenu (suckless.org)	An efficient dynamic menu for X.
Sirula	Simple app launcher for wayland written in rust