Editing Dockapps (section)

==Support==
Support for dockapps has been present in [[Window Maker]] since
[https://repo.or.cz/wmaker-crm.git/blob/d5c88d5afa4bffca6d39c45d2ef12179fc41feae:/FAQ 1998].
In early 1999 a
[https://web.archive.org/web/19990128044256/www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/ Dock App Wharehouse] hosts 54 open-source dockapps. Other [[window managers]] quickly followed. In [[AfterStep]] in the
[http://wiki.afterstep.org/index.php?title=AfterStep_Applets_DataBase wharf].
In [[Blackbox]] and derivatives in the [https://man.archlinux.org/man/blackbox.1.en slit].
As of 2024, [https://www.dockapps.net dockapps.net] hosts 211 open-source dockapps in 14 categories. Usually their names start with 'wm' to distinguish them from non-dockapp applications.

Dedicated software libraries exist to support developing a dockapp:
*[https://repo.or.cz/dockapps.git/tree/HEAD:/libdockapp libdockapp] parses the command line and does events, pixmaps and shapes.
*[https://gai.sourceforge.net/ General Applet Interface] is one API for Dockapp, Gnome 2 panel and Rox panel.
*[https://ruby-dockapp.sourceforge.net/ Ruby-DockApp] is a [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]] library for making DockApps.