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Show HN: Docking – Extensible Linux dock in Python

by edumucelli on 4/4/2026, 8:49:12 AM

Hi HN,<p>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&#x2F;X11 desktop environments.<p>It also has prebuilt releases for x64 and arm64 across multiple package formats: AppImage, .deb, RPM, Flatpak, Snap, Arch, and Nix outputs.<p>GitHub: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;edumucelli&#x2F;docking" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;edumucelli&#x2F;docking</a><p>Feedback is very welcome!

https://docking.cc

Comments

by: jitl

X11 only is a bit of a bummer although I’m not surprised - i don’t think i’d target Wayland either for this sort of thing if i was a happy x11 user already.

4/6/2026, 10:46:56 PM


by: proxysna

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4/6/2026, 8:40:59 PM


by: h1fra

very cool project with a very unfortunate name

4/6/2026, 9:53:34 PM


by: functionmouse

lollll

4/6/2026, 9:31:05 PM


by: zephyrwhimsy

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4/6/2026, 9:58:40 PM