nwg-dock VS nwg-launchers

Compare nwg-dock vs nwg-launchers and see what are their differences.

nwg-dock

GTK3-based dock for sway (by nwg-piotr)

nwg-launchers

GTK-based launchers: application grid, button bar, dmenu for sway and other window managers (by nwg-piotr)
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6.7 0.0
2 months ago 3 months ago
Go C++
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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nwg-dock

Posts with mentions or reviews of nwg-dock. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-01.

nwg-launchers

Posts with mentions or reviews of nwg-launchers. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-28.
  • My One Complaint still stands in 42
    1 project | /r/gnome | 23 Feb 2022
    You can find this in this github repo - https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-launchers
  • How are you configuring touchpad gestures?
    5 projects | /r/swaywm | 28 Sep 2021
    Sure thing! appgrid.sh is just a single command calling nwggrid from nwg launchers, a series of graphical shell tools for sway. It was originally started in C++ but the author started the project again in Go.
  • GNOME-style Application menu for other DE's?
    1 project | /r/linuxquestions | 20 May 2021
    Maybe nwg-launchers could work.
  • nwg-dock 0.0.1 ready for testing
    7 projects | /r/swaywm | 2 Apr 2021
    This is the last (at least for now) missing part of nwg-shell for sway: autotiling, Azote, nwg-launchers, nwg-panel and nwg-dock.
  • Manjaro Sway Edition
    1 project | /r/swaywm | 12 Jan 2021
    Just installed it, still looking around. I can make a suggestion that could horrify some (but be a nice possibility with very little added space), make a keybind (I use super+m (you know menu)) for nwg-launchers (https://github.com/nwg-piotr/nwg-launchers). Nice overlay menu much like the gnome menu. Yes I know...we have dmenu/rofi/etc. But I just found this and it looks surprising on sway (lol). It's on the AUR. Both the grid and the bar look good, there's also his custom dmenu app.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nwg-dock and nwg-launchers you can also consider the following projects:

nwg-shell - Installer & meta-package for the nwg-shell project: a GTK3-based shell for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

polybar-dwm-module - A dwm module for polybar

nwg-wrapper - Wrapper to display a script output or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors

nwg-panel - GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors

nwg-bar - GTK3-based button bar for wlroots-based compositors

autotiling - Script for sway and i3 to automatically switch the horizontal / vertical window split orientation

sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere

dwm-relative-controls - Simple yet useful dwm patch

i3-alternating-layout - Scripts to open new windows in i3wm using alternating layouts (splith/splitv) for each new window

win3wm - A Tiling Window Manager for windows 10, Inspired by i3wm