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xfce4-panel vs Tint2: catalog facts
xfce4-panel	Tint2
Free Free and open source, part of Xfce.	Free Free and open source.
Linux	Linux
Deep plugin support for a traditional panel layout Lightweight, matching Xfce's low resource use	Very lightweight, suited to minimal window manager setups Highly configurable through a plain text config file
Tied to the Xfce desktop environment Linux and BSD only	Configuration is text-based rather than a GUI Linux and BSD only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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