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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BGINFO4X AlternativesSystem Information Utilities and other similar apps like BGINFO4X
BGINFO4X is described as 'BGINFO for X, also called BGINFO4X, is a clone of the popular program BGINFO for Windows created by Sysinternals' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BGINFO4X for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Wayland and Python apps. The best BGINFO4X alternative is Conky, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BGINFO4X are Eww, BgInfo, Desktop Info and fabric (Desktop Widgets System).
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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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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...
24 Desktop Info alternativesThis little application displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other desktop information tools. Unlike others, this application looks like wallpaper but stays resident in memory and continues to update the display in real time.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
51 fabric (Desktop Widgets System) alternativesThe next-generation framework for building desktop widgets using Python.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
- Linux
- GTK
- Typescript
- Wayland
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A widget framework for building desktop shells, written and configurable in Python
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23 GKrellM alternativesGKrellM 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.
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
WPInfo displays system information on the Windows wallpaper. It works similarly to BGInfo from SysInternals but it adds a few unique features:
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
17 AveDesk alternativesAveDesk is a 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.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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