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XLaunchpad alternatives

  • RocketDock

  • RocketDock is a Mac OS X dock clone. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. With each item completely customizable there is no end to what you can add and launch from the dock. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows can appear as icons on the dock. This allows for better productivity and accessibility.

    tags: Discontinued application-launcher desktop-customization dock launcher
  • Docky

  • Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.

    tags: application-launcher dock launcher taskbar
  • Nimi Places

  • Organizes desktop into customizable containers - showing folders (e.g.: local folders, network locations) contents, displayed as icons/thumbnails on scrollable surface. In-built thumbnail engine is capable of displaying thumbnails for supported Open Documents and PSD images, but also for supported PDF files.

    tags: Portable customization desktop-customization desktop-organizer file-management
  • ObjectDock

  • ObjectDock is a program that enables users to organize their shortcuts, programs and running tasks into an attractive and fun animated Dock. By allowing users to have more control over how they organize their desktop, users can take control of their desktop icons and shortcuts to have them be available when where and how they need them. This, all with the unique style and top-rate performance that ObjectDock is known to deliver!

    tags: application-launcher desktop-customization dock launcher skin
  • Cairo-Dock

  • Cairo-Dock is an animated application launch bar for the desktop, comparable to the dock in Mac OS X or Rocket Dock (for Windows).It is compatible with Compiz-Fusion, Beryl, Compiz and Xcompmgr, but it can also run without a composite manager (using fake transparency). Cairo-Dock can run under GNOME, KDE and XFCE.

    tags: application-launcher dock launcher other-xfce taskbar
  • True Launch Bar

  • True Launch Bar is the unlimited version of the Free Launch Bar.

    tags: application-launcher icon-organizer launchbar-desktop-organizer launcher quick-launch
  • 7stacks

  • 7stacks is an easy to use, free app that lets Windows 7 (and Vista and XP) users have "stacks" of icons in their Taskbar (in 7) or QuickLaunch Toolbar (in Vista and XP). By using stacks, users can reduce icon clutter, and combine a group of related icons into a single icon. For instance, if you use application suites such as Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or Adobe CS4, you can have all the suites icons combined into one icon!

    tags: Discontinued application-launcher desktop-enhancement dock system-enhancement
  • Winstep Nexus

  • The Winstep Nexus Dock is a FREE professional dock for Windows. With Nexus, your most frequently used applications are only a mouse click away - and Nexus turns working with your computer into a fun and exciting experience.

    tags: application-launcher dock launcher taskbar
  • Freeter

  • Smartest way to work on your computer. Freeter is a productivity app that allows you to gather everything you need to work in one place and access them quickly and easily.

    tags: application-launcher creative-workflow dashboard dashboards file-tools
  • tint2

  • tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar unintrusive and light (memory / cpu / aestetic). We try to get virtual desktop and multi-monitor easier to use. We follow freedesktop specifications.

    tags: dock software-management system-tray panel systray
  • Circle Dock

  • The idea behind Circle Dock is that the dock should appear where your mouse is instead of you having to move your mouse to the dock like with other programs. This is accomplished by making the dock a circular or spiral shape so that it can be placed anywhere, even near the edge of the screen. The offscreen portions of the dock are easily reached by just scrolling with your mouse wheel or arrow keys.

    tags: application-launcher dock launcher
  • Appetizer

  • Appetizer is a free application launcher, or dock, for Windows. It allows organizing your shortcuts and folders into a convenient dock. The app is open source, which means that its free and will remain so. It is entirely customizable and is available in multiple languages.

    tags: Portable launcher dock launchbar
  • MadAppLauncher

  • A simple application launcher. It is very fast and easy to use. It is unlike your common dock or menu launcher. It introduces several different features such as QWERTY based launching, tab group navigation using numbers, custom window placement for programs, and the ability to create an unlimited number of data sets.

    tags: Discontinued app-launcher application-launcher dock launcher