It was a nice discovery (I don’t remember when I found it, or who recommended it in the first place, kudos to its creators ). I was using telegram to move files from my laptop to my phone, mostly images and documents. It does the job, but localsend works seamlessly (except for the tint2 thingy)
How did you install LocalSend? I built the package based on the AUR recipe, and so far it doesn’t cause any problems with the panel. Maybe it’ll crash at some point…
I installed with yay from Mabox/repo 
and get crash too when launch Localsend. Will have a look at the AUR recipe
yay -Qi localsend
Name : localsend
Version : 1.17.0-3
Description : An open source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/localsend/localsend
Licenses : Apache-2.0
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : libayatana-appindicator
Optional Deps : None
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 38,55 MiB
Packager : Daniel Napora <danieln@maboxlinux.org>
Build Date : do 16 apr 2026 23:01:34 CEST
Install Date : vr 17 apr 2026 15:00:34 CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : SHA-256 Sum Signature
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Localsend crashed tint2 for me also today 
Tint2 directive:
systray_name_filter = localsend
solves this, but I can’t find a way to also filter steam at the same time…
I experience when i set localsend in autostart the panel does not crash.
Launch localsend when system is running, tint2 crashes.
When i close localsend and launch again tint2 crashes.
Need a bit more testing.
Update:
Rebooted a view times and added the buggy application to autostart and didn’t close it or at least didn’t open it again in the same session, to avoid the tint2 crash.
Need more testing but this seems like a work around too.
I dont use steam, RDM …
Can you please write names of buggy applications… I really like to nail this down.
So far I know (names as reported by tint2 systray):
- steam
- localsend
- Lutris
- RemoteDesktopManager
In my case localsend.
Thanks, only one… good.
I was afraid you know more of them.
I also do not use any of those apps daily. I will only use localsend occasionally.
So, for now solution/workaround is … to filter out those applications with regex in tint2 config:
systray_name_filter = steam\|localsend\|Lutris\|RemoteDesktopManager
… no more panel crashes…
I’m working to provide additional workaround using stalonetray.
For users who can’t live without having these apps in the system tray.
Look at stalonetray at top right corner…
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Tested RDM and LocalSend.
Seems to work great for both.
For localsend I am testing again to add it to autostart and removed it from the tint2 filter.
As long as I dont restart the application it seems fine.
When using the tint2 filter.
systray_name_filter = steam\|localsend\|Lutris\|RemoteDesktopManager
With a localsend launcher one can flow kinda same. Bit fluffy, but fine too.
Ok, thanks for the info.
I’ll prepare an update soon that will enforce the use of this filter in all tint2 configs.
systray_name_filter = steam\|localsend\|Lutris\|RemoteDesktopManager
I’m wondering… does it even make sense to put things like localsend in autostart? How often do you plan to use it?
Preparing an additional solution that uses stalonetray will take a bit longer. It requires some thorough consideration…
No systray icon. 
We have Jumpapp
For users who still need to have those tray icons… A solution using stalonetray.
Install stalonetray:
yay stalonetray
Add line to ~/.config/openbox/autostart ( to the end of this file)
(sleep 5 && stalonetray -v -i 48 --dockapp-mode simple --grow-gravity S -bg "#333333") &
stalonetray will start placed in Openbox’s dock, which s hidden by default and placed on right edge of screen. Use mouse to invoke it.
You can also toggle dock visibility by key combo W-A-g.
You can configure Openbox’s dock behavior from obconf-qt.
Do not forget to disable tint2 system tray.
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… installed from yay.
my noob opinion: that will be bloat localsend does the job, but I prefer to start/stop it as needed.
and a noob wondering: does the crash be related to the libayatana-appindicator requirement? In my case, as a dropbox user, I’ve gotten used to not having its icon in the tint2 systemtray because an incompatibility to libayatana-appindicator. Dropbox works, but with no GUI.