Ignis (widget framework) Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   Waybar

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   Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and Wlroots based compositors.

   25 Waybar alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Sway
   • Wayland

   

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   nwg-panel

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   Nwg-panel is a GTK3-based panel for sway and Hyprland Wayland compositors. The panel is equipped with a graphical configuration program that frees the user from the need to manually edit configuration files.

   24 nwg-panel alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

   

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   nwg-wrapper

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   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.

   16 nwg-wrapper alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Desktop Customization

   Platforms

   • Linux
   • Wayland

   

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   Nerdtool

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   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

   • Desktop Customization
   • System Information

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   BGINFO4X

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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • System Information

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone

   

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   WPInfo

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   WPInfo displays system information on the Windows wallpaper. It works similarly to BGInfo from SysInternals but it adds a few unique features:

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • System Information

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   KLWP Live Wallpaper Maker

    4 likes

   Create you own designs and display any data you need, at once, and with wonderful animations too! If you were looking for Rainmeter or Conky on Android, this is it!

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet

   

   

   

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    Polybar

     2 likes

    Status bar for Unix-like systems.

    24 Polybar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • X11

    

    

    

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    AveDesk

     3 likes

    AveDesk 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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    ADeskBar

     2 likes

    a lightweight application launcher for Openbox, written in Python and GTK.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

    

    

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    gDesklets

     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

    

    

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    BMPanel

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    BMPanel (bitmap panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and clock. The application is inspired by simplicity of fspanel. BMPanel has a modern look and feel, while keeping itself tiny and small.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    

    

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