42 Excellent GNOME Shell Extensions

Last Updated on September 19, 2025

41. Lilypad Top Bar Manager

Lilypad is a useful extension to organize, hide, and reorder app indicators in the GNOME top bar.

Website: github.com/shendrew/Lilypad

42a. Dash to Panel

We prefer Dash to Dock, but Dash to Panel is also very popular. This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+

Website: github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel

42b. Tiling Shell

Tiling Shell lets you extend the Gnome Shell with advanced tiling window management. It supports multiple monitors, Windows 11 Snap Assistant, Fancy Zones, customised tiling layouts and more.

Website: github.com/domferr/tilingshell

Naturally, there are lots of other extensions available which may meet your specific needs. And there are lots of GNOME extensions which aren’t compatible with GNOME 47. Examples we previously used include Section Todo List, Mpris Indicator Button, Screenshot Tool, Internet Radio, you2ber, and Timezone.

Pages in this article:
Page 1 – Dash to Dock, Arc Menu, OpenWeather Refined, Window-List
Page 2 – Custom Hot Corners – Extended, Vitals, Net speed Simplified, Clipboard Indicator
Page 3 – Desktop Icons NG, GSConnect, Recent Items, ddterm
Page 4 – Auto Move Windows, Places Status Indicator, Cronomix, Just Perfection
Page 5 – Top Panel Workspace Scroll, Picture of the Day, System monitor, Hanabi
Page 6 – Removable Drive Menu, V-Shell, Extension List, Frippery Panel Favorites
Page 7 – BlurMyShell, Burn My Windows, Coverflow Alt-Tab, PaperWM
Page 8 – Emoji Copy, Tiling Assistant, Hide Activities Button, App Menu is Back
Page 9 – WinTile, Colosseum, Impatience, Todoit
Page 10 – Panel corners, No overview at start-up, Caffeine, Luminus Shell
Page 11 – Lilypad Top Bar Manager, Dash to Panel, Tiling Shell

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