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NovaDock

A macOS/GNOME-style dock and application launcher for XFCE4

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Features

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | Dock Panel | Animated dock with macOS-style magnification effect | | App Launcher | Full-screen launchpad with grid view and search | | Pin/Unpin | Right-click to pin running apps or unpin favourites | | App Indicators | Visual dots for running applications | | Global Hotkeys | Keyboard shortcuts for launcher and pinned apps | | Plugin System | Extensible architecture for custom dock plugins | | Themes | Installable themes for dock customisation | | Auto-Hide | Configurable auto-hide with edge detection | | Multi-Monitor | Full multi-monitor support | | Settings | Modern sidebar settings panel |

Requirements

| Dependency | Minimum Version | |------------|----------------| | GTK+ 3.0 | 3.22 | | libwnck 3.0 | 3.20 | | GLib 2.0 | 2.50 | | keybinder-3.0 | 0.3.0 | | Vala compiler | 0.48 | | Meson + Ninja | 0.50 | | gtk-layer-shell | 0.1 (optional, Wayland) |

Building from Source

meson setup build
cd build
ninja
sudo ninja install

Installation from Packages

Pre-built packages are available on the Releases page.

Import GPG Key

All packages are signed with GPG key 8419D50A73686C21.

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 8419D50A73686C21

Debian / Ubuntu

gpg --export 8419D50A73686C21 | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/novadock.gpg > /dev/null
gpg --verify novadock_0.2.0_amd64.deb.asc novadock_0.2.0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i novadock_0.2.0_amd64.deb

Fedora / RHEL

gpg --export --armor 8419D50A73686C21 | sudo tee /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-novadock > /dev/null
sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-novadock
gpg --verify novadock-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm.asc novadock-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./novadock-0.2.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Arch Linux

sudo pacman-key --add <(gpg --export 8419D50A73686C21)
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 8419D50A73686C21
gpg --verify novadock-0.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst.asc novadock-0.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
sudo pacman -U novadock-0.2.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Project Structure

NovaDock/
├── lib/                # Library (libnovadock)
│   ├── core/           # Application core
│   ├── dock/           # Dock panel components
│   ├── launcher/       # Full-screen app launcher
│   ├── hotkeys/        # Global hotkey manager
│   ├── plugins/        # Plugin system & built-in plugins
│   ├── settings/       # Settings UI
│   ├── themes/         # Theme system
│   └── meson.build
├── src/
│   ├── main.vala       # Entry point
│   └── meson.build
├── data/
│   ├── themes/         # Default themes
│   ├── icons/          # Dock icons
│   └── novadock.desktop
├── docs/               # Documentation
└── meson.build

Usage

novadock              # Start dock
novadock --launcher   # Open launcher only  (-l)
novadock --settings   # Open settings       (-s)

Customisation

• Creating Custom Themes
• Creating Custom Plugins

Support

If you enjoy NovaDock, consider supporting development:

License

This project is licensed under the GPL-3.0 license.