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BMPanel VS Wayfire

Compare BMPanel VS Wayfire and see what are their differences

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BMPanel logo BMPanel

BMPanel (bitmap panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which...

Wayfire logo Wayfire

Wayland compositor with 3d effects.
  • BMPanel Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-03-17
  • Wayfire Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-08-19

BMPanel videos

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bmpanel2 launch bar showcase

Wayfire videos

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GNOME 3.36: macOS-like apps with KAWAII BLUR ..on Wayfire :p

More videos:

  • Review - Wayfire: Wayfire config manager + wf-panel
  • Review - Micro Review 2/2 Rayban Wayfire

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to BMPanel and Wayfire)

BMPanel

Wayfire

Linux
23 23%
Linux
77% 77
Operating Systems
33 33%
Operating Systems
67% 67
Window Manager
16 16%
Window Manager
84% 84
Desktop Environments
33 33%
Desktop Environments
67% 67

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Wayfire seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

BMPanel mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of BMPanel yet. Tracking of BMPanel recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Wayfire mentions (2)

  • Cant change the system GTK theme/icons
    So im trying to change my GTK theme/icons (on Wayfire) I tryed changing them using LXAppearance and it "changes" in LXappearance until I close it then they goes back to default (no other application changes themes/icons). Source: over 2 years ago
  • [Wayfire] System locks up when trying to build wf-shell
    Im trying to build/install Wayfire (on Debian Testing, using Openbox) using wf-install and I cant seem to get past building wf-shell (i have also tried building using wf-shell instructions, same result),. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing BMPanel and Wayfire, you can also consider the following products

UKUI - UKUI is a lightweight desktop environment based on pluggable framework for Linux and other Unix-like Distributions.

i3 - A dynamic tiling window manager designed for X11, inspired by wmii, and written in C.

Fedora - Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.

KDE Plasma Desktop - Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE.

GnomePanel - GnomePanel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME.

Xfce - Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be fast and low on system resources, while still being visually appealing and user friendly.

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