BgInfo Alternatives for Linux

BgInfo is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Conky, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to BgInfo and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to BgInfo are Eww, GKrellM, KDE Plasma Workspaces and BGINFO4X.

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How 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...

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BgInfo alternatives page was last updated Oct 9, 2022
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  1. Conky icon
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    Conky

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    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.

    26 Conky alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Geeky
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Support for Multiple Monitors
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    • Conky is the most popular Linux alternative to BgInfo.

    • Conky is Free and Open SourceBgInfo is Free and Proprietary
    • Conky is LightweightBgInfo is not according to our users
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    Eww

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    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    45 Eww alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Eww Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets
    4.  Gtk
    5.  Rust
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    GKrellM

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    GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme.

    20 GKrellM alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    GKrellM Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
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    • GKrellM is the most popular Mac alternative to BgInfo.

    • GKrellM is Free and Open SourceBgInfo is Free and Proprietary
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    KDE Plasma Workspaces

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    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...

    12 KDE Plasma Workspaces alternatives
    Plasma Desktop Workspace

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    KDE Plasma Workspaces Features

    1.  KDE
    2.  Widgets
    Plasma Netbook Workspace
    Widgets in the KDE Workspace
    Discontinued

    The term "KDE Plasma Workspaces" is no longer in use anywhere with the release of KDE Plasma 5 in 2014. It has been broken up into multiple components; the important ones are already in the AlternativeTo database (e.g. KDE Plasma).

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    BGINFO4X

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    BGINFO for X, also called BGINFO4X, is a clone of the popular program BGINFO for Windows created by Sysinternals.

    10 BGINFO4X alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Discontinued

    last post or update 2014

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    • BGINFO4X is the most popular Android & iPhone alternative to BgInfo.

    • BGINFO4X is Free and Open SourceBgInfo is Free and Proprietary
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    nwg-wrapper

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    This program is a GTK3-based wrapper to display a script output, or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors. It uses the gtk-layer-shell library to place the window on the bottom layer.

    13 nwg-wrapper alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland

    nwg-wrapper Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets
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