Nerdtool
NerdTool is a GeekTool-like application that displays information directly on your desktop.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
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Discontinued
Still works, but hasn't been updated in about ten years.
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.
Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is desired, Nerdtool is also capable of displaying images, HTML documents, and other higher forms of media.
Features
Shell support
Image support (both local and online)
Constant file monitoring
Quartz file support
Web support
Customizeable font, color, and size
Magnetic logs and other tools for layout assistance
Accepts colored (ANSI escaped) shell output
Full import/export
Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is desired, Nerdtool is also capable of displaying images, HTML documents, and other higher forms of media.
Features
Shell support
Image support (both local and online)
Constant file monitoring
Quartz file support
Web support
Customizeable font, color, and size
Magnetic logs and other tools for layout assistance
Accepts colored (ANSI escaped) shell output
Full import/export
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Nerdtool
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Nerdtool, and it has gotten 4 likes
- Developed by Kevin Balthamos
- Open Source and Free product.
- 20 alternatives listed
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View allNerdtool was added to AlternativeTo by ibrokemypie on Jun 19, 2016 and this page was last updated Mar 6, 2021.
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OS & UtilitiesPlatform details
Mac: Requires Intel
Tags
- customize-your-system
- calendar-widget
- widget-toolkit
- system-utilities
- shell
- shell-interface
- gadgets
- weather-widget
- mac-apps
- desktop-organizer
- monitoring-software
- desktop-customization
- widget
- desktop-enhancement
Nerdtool
Summary and Relevance
Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Nerdtool, and it has gotten 4 likes
- Developed by Kevin Balthamos
- Open Source and Free product.
- 20 alternatives listed
Popular alternatives
View allNerdtool was added to AlternativeTo by ibrokemypie on Jun 19, 2016 and this page was last updated Mar 6, 2021.
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- agnesnutter edited Nerdtoolagabout 1 month ago
Both Geektool and Nerdtool are very nice programs, although neither have been updated for a fair while, which has led to many problems for them both. Nerdtool may have a slightly more accessible interface than geektool, however the large community around geektool is definitely a plus. The one reason I would however rate Nerdtool as the better app is it's performance, the impact on system resources is significantly lower, and as such will mean a better battery life with no loss of functionality.