wofi VS taskbar-groups

• Native Wayland support
  Wofi is built as a GTK3-based launcher specifically for Wayland compositors using wlroots, such as Sway and Hyprland. It works without XWayland and uses the layer-shell protocol, so it fits well in Wayland-only environments.
• Multiple modes
  It supports several modes: drun for launching desktop applications, run for executables in PATH, and dmenu mode for piping in arbitrary lists. This makes it usable as an application launcher and as a general-purpose selection menu in scripts.
• Highly customizable styling
  Appearance is controlled through GTK CSS, so users can change colors, fonts, borders, spacing, and layout. Config options such as width, height, position, prompt text, and number of columns are available through a config file or command-line flags.
• dmenu replacement for scripting
  The dmenu mode lets it replace dmenu or rofi in shell scripts on Wayland, for example in power menus, clipboard managers, or password manager frontends. It reads from stdin and writes the selection to stdout.
• Lightweight and simple
  Wofi is small, quick to launch, and has few dependencies beyond GTK3 and Wayland libraries. It is free software that is easy to build, and it is packaged in many Linux distributions.

Possible disadvantages

• Limited feature set compared to rofi
  Wofi lacks many of the advanced features that rofi offers, such as a wide range of built-in modes, extensive theming, plugins, and window switching. Users who want a rofi-like experience on Wayland may find it basic.
• Sparse documentation
  The documentation consists mainly of man pages and a few examples, which can be terse. Users often need to look up community configurations and GTK CSS selectors to achieve the styling they want.
• Slow development pace
  The project receives infrequent updates, and bug fixes or new features can take a long time to appear. Some users have moved to actively maintained alternatives like fuzzel, tofi, or rofi forks with Wayland support.
• Requires wlroots-style compositor
  Because it depends on the layer-shell protocol, it does not work on compositors that do not support it, such as GNOME's Mutter. This limits where it can be used.
• Hosted on SourceHut with a less common workflow
  The code is hosted on SourceHut using Mercurial, which is less familiar to many contributors than Git and GitHub. This can make reporting issues or contributing patches harder for newcomers.

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Tracking wofi since Oct 2026.

• Is there an addon to make custom taskbar groups to reduce clutter

  I am looking for an addon for Windows 11 that will allow me to create custom groups within my taskbar. My searches have only found concepts/suggestions for Windows 11, and this addon that was for Windows 10. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Themed all my devices inspired from Google's Material You Design.. It isn't perfect but would love suggestions and opinions :)

  Yeah :) I used taskbar groups: GitHub - tjackenpacken/taskbar-groups: Lightweight utility for organizing the taskbar through groups.. It works, but isn't perfect. Source: over 3 years ago

• Taskbar groups. Credits to FireCube

  We also have as an alternative taskbar-groups. I haven't tried it, just mentioning it in case anyone is interested. Source: almost 4 years ago

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