Xfdashboard
Introduction
Short: Maybe a Gnome shell and macOS Expose like dashboard for Xfce
Longer: xfdashboard provides a GNOME shell dashboard and macOS Mission Control (Exposé and Spaces) like interface for use with the Xfce desktop. It can be configured to run with any keyboard shortcut and when executed provides an overview of applications currently open enabling the user to switch between different applications. The search feature works like Xfce's app finder which makes it convenient to search for and start applications.
| xfdashboard Main Window |
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| xfdashboard Main Window |
Required packages
- libwnck >= 3.0
- clutter >= 1.12
- glib >= 2.38
- gio >= 2.38
- gio-unix-2.0 >= 2.38
- xfconf >= 4.10.0
- garcon >= 0.2.0
- gtk+ >= 3.2
- libxfce4util >= 4.10.0
- libxfce4ui >= 4.10.0
... and the dependencies of these libraries of course ;)
The following libraries are semi-optional:
- dbus-glib >= 0.98 (required if xfconf < 4.13)
The following libraries are optional and configurable:
- libXcomposite >= 0.2 (for live windows)
- libXdamage (for live windows)
- libXinerama (for multi-monitor support)
On debian based distros, all requirements are installed with:
apt-get install xfce4-dev-tools build-essential glib2.0 libglib2.0-dev xorg-dev libwnck-3-dev libclutter-1.0-dev libgarcon-1-0-dev libxfconf-0-dev libxfce4util-dev libxfce4ui-2-dev libxcomposite-dev libxdamage-dev libxinerama-dev
Latest Releases
- xfdashboard 1.1.0 released (2025年08月21日 17:01)
- Download current release (older versions of this component are also available here)
Source code repository
Reporting Bugs
- Reporting Bugs – List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports