Fbpanel

Jul 20, 2023

Lightweight, NETWM compliant X11 desktop panel

Fbpanel is a lightweight, NETWM compliant X11 desktop panel. It works with any NETWM compliant window manager xfwm4, sawfish, openbox, metacity, etc. It currently provides and features

  • Taskbar, launchbar, and pager
  • Show desktop button iconify or shade all windows
  • Image viewer and volume control
  • Text and digital clock
  • System tray notification area
  • Menu with support for freedesktop.org application menu
  • CPU, network, memory, and battery monitors
  • General monitor to display output of configured command
  • Ability to replace windows’ icons
  • Transparency support
  • Customizable size and screen position
  • Ability to run many instances each with its own configuration
  • Modest resource usage


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