What docks are available? [closed]

What is the best Linux Dock available? I'm looking for a Dock that I can customize to make it look the way I like. It needs to be theme-able and have lots of configuration options.

Please limit one dock solution per answer


Docky Install Docky

I think Docky is the best dock on Linux, fully configurable and theme-able with many useful add-ons. You can easily give it a try, you'll find it in the Ubuntu Software Center.

Docky Screenshot


Avant Window Navigator Install AWN

This is the one I use. It's main features:

  • You can put it in any place of the screen.
  • Lots of skins, plus a couple of different animations. It's quite beautiful
  • Taskbar/Dock
  • Lots of applets
  • Multidocks.
  • Transparency.
  • A notification area that doesn't feel out of place
  • Support for indicators (only available in the newest versions (>=0.4.1), you should use the AWN Testing PPA to benefit from this feature as October 2010)
  • Each applet/icon is a different process, if one crash the dock doesn't, so it's very stable.

The bolded features are the ones that I feel are more important.

Javier Rivera setup:

awn screenshot


Cairo-Dock Install cairo-dock

Cairo-Dock is a pretty, light and convenient interface to your desktop, able to replace advantageously your system panel! It features multi-docks, taskbar, launchers and a lot of useful applets. Applets can be detached from the dock to act as desktop widgets. Numerous ready-to-use themes are available in 1 click, and can be easily customized at your convenience. It can use hardware acceleration to be very fast and low on CPU.

Web Page and Launchpad

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