taskbar-replacement

A Frutiger Aero glass dock for Windows 10 and 11. Live window previews, cursor magnification, keyboard search, six themes. Open source, no telemetry.

lumabar: a taskbar alternative for Windows 11 and 10. One live widget dock with your apps and 100+ widgets, including AI usage limits, screen time, music and system stats.

A Dynamic-Island-style top strip for Windows, with a ghost mascot, clipboard and a local plugin API

Liquid-glass top bar that replaces the Windows 11 taskbar and Start menu. Spotlight as a command centre: apps, settings pages, currencies, emoji, calculator, web search, quick links. Native Rust · Win32 · Direct2D, no runtime.

Versailles — the HTML desktop you command.

A minimal, modern taskbar replacement for Windows 11. A tiny pill that expands into controls, app search, windows, clipboard and more. Lightweight, keyboard-first, fully customizable.

A dock and a launcher for Windows. Replaces the taskbar. Alt+Space grows the dock into a launcher. Rust and Win32, one ~1.5 MB exe.

A floating dock for Windows 11, with widgets. Native C++, Direct2D and DirectComposition.

A lightweight, fully customizable taskbar for Windows 11.

A customizable macOS-style top menu bar for Windows 11 built with WinUI 3 - pinned apps, quick folders, window switcher, system widgets, and multi-monitor support.

Perch for Windows: a free dock, notch and Start menu with icon packs. Replaces the taskbar on Windows 11 and 10.

Open Taskbar Dock for Windows: a free Windows 11 taskbar replacement, a macOS-style dock with widgets, system tray and folders. Source code available to donors. Alternativa gratuita alla barra delle applicazioni di Windows.

An experimental desktop shell for Windows 11, written in Rust against raw Win32. Replaces the taskbar with per-monitor workspaces and a GNOME-style Activities overview.

A lightweight, themeable desktop shell for Windows 11: tiling and scrolling windows, a customisable bar, launcher, control centre and wallpaper theming. Written in Rust.

A Noctalia-style shell for Windows: a notch with app launcher, widgets, window list and power menu that replaces the Start menu and taskbar.