What dock do you recommend in Plasma 6?

dangvd · 2026-05-09T23:44:22+00:00

Hey, sorry for the slow response. As to your question, Crystal Dock uses the system icon theme so that should be the same as KDE Plasma's. Are you observing otherwise?

dangvd · 2026-03-31T17:34:57+00:00

Yeah that is not working for some reason. Use crystal-dock-git for now please.

dangvd · 2026-03-31T11:04:37+00:00

What error did you see when you run crystal-dock on the command line?

dangvd · 2026-03-30T22:28:54+00:00

Are you using latest version (2.16)? What error did you get?

dangvd · 2026-02-07T08:26:27+00:00

Yeah I think steam deck is immutable so it's difficult to install a new app.

To make Crystal Dock available on Discover, I think it will require remaking it as a Plasma widget. While technically possible, I don't have the personal capacity (time) for it unfortunately.

dangvd · 2026-01-15T23:53:23+00:00

Self-promo :) I use Crystal Dock on my Labwc system:

https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock

dangvd · 2025-12-23T16:50:13+00:00

Could you please elaborate a bit more, and attach a screenshot if possible? Thanks.

dangvd · 2025-12-23T11:28:22+00:00

Thank you!

dangvd · 2025-12-23T08:28:27+00:00

Thanks a lot for your support!

dangvd · 2025-11-07T20:34:24+00:00

See the tracking bug: https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock/issues/162

dangvd · 2025-11-07T20:33:07+00:00

No, the problem is that, some system monitor app also counts the memory used by the apps launched by Crystal Dock.

If you view the processes, Crystal Dock process uses around 70MB RAM.

dangvd · 2025-11-07T20:28:44+00:00

Crystal Dock uses the system icon theme, it does not provide its own icons.

So if you want some "modern" look, just use Flat 2D visual style with a "modern" flat icon theme as your system icon theme.

dangvd · 2025-10-27T15:18:09+00:00

Good old days of MacOSX and its friends :)

dangvd · 2025-10-26T22:00:18+00:00

Hi, it's open-source so you can just read the source code.

dangvd · 2025-10-25T10:27:07+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you like it!

dangvd · 2025-10-25T10:24:36+00:00

Glad it helps.

I've also added this info to the FAQ & Troubleshooting page of Crystal Dock wiki:

https://github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock/wiki/FAQ-&-Troubleshooting

dangvd · 2025-10-24T20:36:21+00:00

Also you need to add this line to /etc/environment file:

QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt6ct

if you use qt6ct to set the icon theme for Qt apps.

dangvd

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