Eww Alternatives

Apps similar to Eww include Rainmeter, which is free and open source. Other options are Docking, Wigify, Conky and ViBox. There's no shortage of Desktop Customization Tools like Eww, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android.

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  1. i3status-rs is a feature-rich and resource-friendly replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust. It provides a way to display "blocks" of system information (time, battery status, volume, etc) on bars that support the i3bar protocol.

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    • i3
    • Linux
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  2. Crystal Dock is a cool dock (desktop panel) for Linux desktop, with the focus on attractive user interface, being simple and easy to customize, and cross-desktop support.

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    • Linux
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  3. Create a personalized desktop by integrating live wallpapers, including Aerial screensavers, and drag-and-drop widgets with full JavaScript support for enhanced customization, offering both aesthetic and functional upgrades to your macOS environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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    SFWBar (S* Floating Window Bar) is a flexible taskbar application for wayland compositors, designed with a stacking layout in mind. Originally developed for Sway, SFWBar will work with any wayland compositor supporting layer shell protocol, the taskbar and window switcher...

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
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    Xmobar is a minimalistic status bar. It was originally designed and implemented to work with xmonad, but it is actually usable with any window manager in X11 and also (via its text output mode) Wayland.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haskell
    • FreeBSD
    • openSUSE
    • Gentoo
    • X11
    • Wayland
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  6. Superlayer is the easiest way to create delightful widgets for your Mac in no time. Choose from a variety of gorgeous pre-designed widgets — all highly customizable — and place them anywhere you want, directly onto your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    lemonbar (formerly known as bar) is a lightweight statusbar based on XCB. Provides full UTF-8 support, basic formatting, RandR and Xinerama support and EWMH compliance without wasting your precious memory.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • openSUSE
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    wf-shell is a repository which contains the various components needed to built a fully functional DE based around wayfire. Currently it has only a GTK-based panel and background client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Wayland
    • Linux
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