Docking – Extensible Linux dock in Python

Hi HN, I’ve been having a lot of fun building Docking, an open-source dock for Linux written in Python with GTK 3 and Cairo. It includes an extensible applet system, 38 built-in applets, 12 themes, multi-monitor support, auto-hide, and works across several Linux/X11 desktop environments. It also has prebuilt releases for x64 and arm64 across multiple package formats: AppImage, .deb, RPM, Flatpak, Snap, Arch, and Nix outputs. GitHub: https://github.com/edumucelli/docking Feedback is very welcome!

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Docking is an open-source dock application for Linux written in Python with GTK 3 and Cairo. It offers an extensible applet system with 38 built-in applets, 12 themes, multi-monitor support, and auto-hide functionality that works across multiple Linux and X11 desktop environments. The software is available in multiple package formats including AppImage, .deb, RPM, Flatpak, Snap, Arch, and Nix for both x64 and arm64 architectures.

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