Conky Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Conky for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is GKrellM, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Conky and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Conky are Eww, vtop, nwg-wrapper and fabric (Desktop Widgets System).

filter to find the best alternatives

Conky alternatives are mainly Desktop Customization Tools, but if you're looking for System Information Utilities or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Conky.
Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Get a badge for your siteConky alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. GKrellM icon
     20 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
    |
    4
  2. Eww icon
     17 likes

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

    69 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Good alternative?
     
    |
    1
  3. vtop icon
     15 likes

    vtop is a graphical command-line tool that uses unicode braille to chart CPU and memory usage. It can be easily extended.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    vtop screenshot 1
    Good alternative?
     
  4. nwg-wrapper icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    Good alternative?
     
  5. BGINFO4X icon
     5 likes

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

    13 BGINFO4X alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    Good alternative?
     
  6. MagicMirror² is an open source modular smart mirror platform. Based on the Electron application wrapper and tested (but not limited to) Raspberry Pi single board computers.

    5 MagicMirror² alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Raspbian
    • Raspberry Pi
    Good alternative?
     
  7. gDesklets icon
     3 likes

    gDesklets is an architecture for "desklets", which are tiny applets sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    Good alternative?
     
  8. AGS icon
     3 likes

    A framework for crafting Wayland Desktop Shells.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Typescript
    • Wayland
    Good alternative?
     
10 of 10 Conky alternatives