latte-dock vs applet-window-title

latte-dock

Replacement dock for Plasma desktops, providing an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids (by KDE)

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applet-window-title

Plasma 5 applet that shows the application title and icon for active window (by psifidotos)

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latte-dock		applet-window-title
	Project
61	Mentions	11
1,665	Stars	243
2.1%	Growth	-
8.6	Activity	0.0
2 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
C++	Language	QML
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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latte-dock

Posts with mentions or reviews of latte-dock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-10.

I managed to fully replace latte dock/panel with kde built in panels (top & bottom). Pretty happy about this, since latte is not supported anymore.
3 projects | /r/kde | 10 Jul 2023

Go and look at the repo on the github or invent.kde.org . If you want
Latte dock crashes every time
1 project | /r/archlinux | 9 Jun 2023

the KDE team took over it and has commits from last week Source.
A design mock-up for a look I'd like to achieve in KDE Plasma. Does anyone else have similar ambitions?
1 project | /r/kde | 13 Apr 2023

Yes, I'm on 5.27. I don't know about Latte being deprcated by the original dev, but it still seems to be maintained... there are commits in the last few months in the github repo
Updated Itchy Theme
1 project | /r/kde | 7 Apr 2023
Eh how do I uninstall latte-dock after using the installation script?
1 project | /r/kde | 26 Feb 2023

You can tell I'm a beginner lol. I installed latte dock on Kubuntu using the official installation script (https://github.com/KDE/latte-dock/blob/master/INSTALLATION.md). I don't like it so I want to remove it but I have no idea how? If I run sudo apt remove latte-dock it just says latte-dock is not installed. Any idea?
Updated Otto and Lisa themes
1 project | /r/kde | 29 Jan 2023

Do I need Latte Dock for this theme?
Is latte dock not dead?
2 projects | /r/kde | 3 Jan 2023
latte-dock build
1 project | /r/kde | 6 Dec 2022

I am trying to build latte-dock from the https://invent.kde.org/plasma/latte-dock on my debian sid system and try to make some modifications.
Latte dock autohide sensitivity
1 project | /r/kde | 29 Nov 2022
psifitdotos repo has been permanently removed?
1 project | /r/kde | 24 Nov 2022

applet-window-title

Posts with mentions or reviews of applet-window-title. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-08.

[KDE Plasma] Windows 12 is here! (Background by addyvisuals on youtube)
5 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 8 Jul 2023

top center dock contains Window title applet with 10px spacing and search widget also by KDE
Manually block auto suspend and screen locking from commandline or a keyboard shortcut
15 projects | /r/kde | 15 May 2023

Panels (stock plasma panels): Top (left to right): - Default app launcher - applet-window-buttons - applet-window-title - Default Global menu - Default Clock between two Panel spacers - Netspeed Widget (sysfs) - System tray - Virtual desktops pager
How do I add the currently focused window title in the global menu?
1 project | /r/kde | 26 Jan 2023
Plasma Theme Edna v2.5
3 projects | /r/kde | 7 May 2022

Use this and this one for Windows buttons
OSX style top-bar in KDE Plasma?
4 projects | /r/kde | 24 Apr 2022

- Window title
My custom HUD setup for plasma. Works with both GTK, Qt and electron app (everything with dbusmenu). Works on X11 and Wayland. Link- https://github.com/Zren/plasma-hud, Theme- https://github.com.cnpmjs.org/undiabler/nord-rofi-theme
5 projects | /r/ManjaroLinux | 29 Jan 2022

The guy who created latte dock maintains a trio of widgets (https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-appmenu, https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-buttons, https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title) which are just PERFECT for that purpose. They don't require you to run latte, but it helps if you have more than one screen.
[Plasma] 🦊 Foxy glassy red dark theme for my Manjaro
4 projects | /r/Skeuomorphism | 26 Jan 2022
Can I combine Windows Title and Window Appmenu applets on Latte panel so that window title fills up available space but does not truncate the appmenu?
3 projects | /r/kde | 31 Dec 2021

Yeah, I know, the other issue is here: https://github.com/psifidotos/applet-window-title/issues/33 , I hope that gets addressed evetually:-).
I ended liking GNOME with the loss of one hand
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Nov 2021
Going to give KDE Plasma a real try, any "essential tweaks" or distro suggestions?
5 projects | /r/kde | 11 Sep 2021

If you want multiple panels in a Unity like layout, I found it easier to do that with latte dock than with the builtin panels. I also like using this Plasma applet to display window title in a plasma/latte panel.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing latte-dock and applet-window-title you can also consider the following projects:

Lightly - A modern style for qt applications.

applet-window-appmenu - Plasma 5 applet in order to show the window appmenu

catppuccin - 😸 Soothing pastel theme for the high-spirited!

ToucheggKDE - TouchEgg configuration for MacOS and Windows like Touchpad Multi-Touch Gestures on KDE Plasma.

touchegg - Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer

klassy - Klassy is a highly customizable binary Window Decoration, Application Style and Global Theme plugin for recent versions of the KDE Plasma desktop.

Parachute - Look at your windows and desktops from above.

hide-titles - A Kwin script which hides window title when is maximized

shell-color-scripts

FancyTasks - Make your plasma task manager widget pretty.

Aritim-Light - A Light theme for both KDE and GTK based distros, pleasant to the eyes and perfect for your daily workload.

plasma-hud - Provides a way to run menubar commands in KDE Plasma through rofi, much like the Unity 7 Heads-Up Display (HUD).