Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop. Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conkys torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0.
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AveDesk Alternatives
AveDesk is described as 'Program that will give you the possibility to have icons on your desktop which could update themselves. Each icon of Avedesk is in fact a desklet, a little plug-in that can virtually do anything' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to AveDesk for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Wayland and Android apps. The best AveDesk alternative is Conky, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AveDesk are Eww, XWidget, BgInfo and fabric (Desktop Widgets System).
Alternatives list
30 Conky alternatives
61 Eww alternativesElkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.
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34 XWidget alternativesXWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It’s light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very subtle animations. The Android page is found here: http://android.xwidget.com/
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Android
- Android Tablet
- Steam
23 BgInfo alternativesHow many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version If you manage multiple computers you...
51 fabric (Desktop Widgets System) alternativesThe next-generation framework for building desktop widgets using Python.
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A widget framework for building desktop shells, written and configurable in Python
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- GTK
- Typescript
- Wayland
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Nerdtool allows you to display many things directly on top of your desktop; weather reports, headline news, and system vitals are just a few uses.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
BGINFO for X, also called BGINFO4X, is a clone of the popular program BGINFO for Windows created by Sysinternals.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE. Plasma separates components into "data engines" and their visualization counterparts. This is intended to reduce the total programming effort when there are multiple possible...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
Easily convert millions of web widgets, games and videos – designed to live on home pages, blogs or social network profiles – into gadgets for your Sidebar. If you like widgets on the web, you’ll love them on your Sidebar.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
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