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




i3status-rust is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to i3status-rust for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Wayland, BSD, GTK and FreeBSD apps. The best i3status-rust alternative is Eww, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like i3status-rust are YASB Reborn, Quickshell, Ewwii and Ignis (widget framework).
Elkowars 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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