Top Alternatives to XLaunchpad

RocketDock is an application launcher.

Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker.

Cairo-Dock is a desktop interface that takes the shape of docks, desklets, panel, etc.

Avant Window Navigator (AWN or Awn) is a dock-like bar for Linux, which sits on an edge of a user's screen and tracks open windows.

ObjectDock is a dock similar to that in the Aqua GUI. It is distributed by Stardock for Windows.

Nimi Places organizes desktop into customizable containers, displaying files and folders from chosen locations as icons and thumbnails.

True Launch Bar is a replacement for standard Quick Launch.

7stacks helps you group icons into stacks on your Windows 7 taskbar.

Winstep Nexus Dock is a free professional dock for Windows. With Nexus, your most frequently used applications are only a mouse click away.

GNOME Panel is a highly configurable launcher and taskbar for GNOME. It formed a core part of the GNOME desktop in versions 1.x and 2.x. It has been replaced in GNOME 3.x by default with GNOME Shell, which only works with the Mutter window manager.

tint2 is a system panel/taskbar for Linux. It is described by its developers as "simple, unobtrusive and light".

Circle Dock is a circular, oval, and spiral dock for Windows.

XWindows Dock was a clone of the dock in Mac OS X Leopard for Windows.

Dock is UI widget for MacOS.

WinLaunch helps to organize and access all of your important applications and files with ease and in style.