Eww AlternativesDesktop Customization Tools and other similar apps like Eww

Eww is described as 'Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager' and is a desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Eww for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Wayland and BSD apps. The best Eww alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Eww are ViBox, Uwidgets, Conky and XWidget.

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  1. Rainmeter icon
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    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    33 Rainmeter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Widgets
    2.  Customize skin
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Custom widgets
    5.  Live Wallpapers
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Hardware Monitoring
    9.  Desktop Widget
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Colored Text
    12.  Support for Multiple Monitors

    Rainmeter VS Eww

     
    • Rainmeter is the most popular Windows alternative to Eww.

    • Rainmeter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Eww.

    • Rainmeter is Free and Open SourceEww is also Free and Open Source
    • Rainmeter is Customizable and LightweightEww is not according to our users
  2. ViBox icon
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    Make your desktop truly yours with the power of wide-ranging personalization options offered by ViBox. We believe that your desktop should reflect your style, needs, and preferences, and that's why we've crafted a widget experience that goes beyond the ordinary.

    19 ViBox alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Desktop Widget
    4.  Widgets
    5.  Multiple desktops

    ViBox VS Eww

     
    • ViBox is the most popular Mac alternative to Eww.

    • ViBox is Free and ProprietaryEww is Free and Open Source
  3. Uwidgets icon
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    Bring MacOS 15 inspired interactive and customizable widgets on your Windows Home Screen. Comes with realtime blur as in Original MacOS.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Uwidgets Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets

    Uwidgets VS Eww

     
  4. Conky icon
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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.

    25 Conky alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    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

    Conky VS Eww

     
    • Conky is the most popular Linux alternative to Eww.

    • Conky is Free and Open SourceEww is also Free and Open Source
    • Conky is LightweightEww is not according to our users
  5. XWidget icon
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    XWidget 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/

    29 XWidget alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CN flagChina

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.9.28) is from October 2022.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Desktop Widget

    XWidget VS Eww

     
    • XWidget is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Eww.

    • XWidget is Freemium and ProprietaryEww is Free and Open Source
    • XWidget is LightweightEww is not according to our users
  6. Plank icon
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    Plank is meant to be the simplest dock on the planet. The goal is to provide just what a dock needs and absolutely nothing more. It is, however, a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features.

    16 Plank alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dock
    2.  Clipboard monitoring
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Dark Mode
    6.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    7.  Ad-free
    8.  XFCE support
    9.  Launcher
    10.  Intuitive Nodes

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  7. Cairo-Dock icon
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    Cairo-Dock is an animated application launch bar for the desktop, comparable to the dock in Mac OS X or Rocket Dock (for Windows).

    46 Cairo-Dock alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    • Wayland

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes

    Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dock
    4.  Launcher

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  8. Docky icon
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    Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.

    49 Docky alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last commit and last available version from 2015-09-02

    Docky Features

    1.  Dock
    2.  Window docking
    3.  Launcher

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  9. Übersicht icon
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    Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they

    10 Übersicht alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable
    3.  Configurable

    Features

    1.  Widgets
    2.  Desktop Widget
    3.  Stats
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Custom widgets
    7.  Community-based
    8.  Low CPU usage
    9.  Applescript

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  10. Quickshell icon
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    A Flexible toolkit for making desktop shells with QtQuick, targeting Wayland and X11.

    17 Quickshell alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No registration required
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Widgets

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  11. Latte Dock icon
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    Latte is a dock based on plasma frameworks that provides an elegant and intuitive experience for your tasks and plasmoids. It animates its contents by using parabolic zoom effect and trys to be there only when it is needed.

    20 Latte Dock alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE

    Latte Dock Features

    1.  Dock

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD

    vtop Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Terminal-based
    3.  Hardware Monitoring
    4.  Vim Key Mapping

    vtop VS Eww

     
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