Superlayer Alternatives

Superlayer is described as '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' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Superlayer for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad apps. The best Superlayer alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Superlayer are Conky, ViBox, Uwidgets and Eww.

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  1. Rainmeter icon

    Rainmeter

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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.

    34 Rainmeter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Rainmeter is the most popular Windows alternative to Superlayer.

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

    • Rainmeter is Free and Open SourceSuperlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Rainmeter is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedSuperlayer is not according to our users
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    Conky

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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.

    26 Conky alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • Conky is the most popular Linux alternative to Superlayer.

    • Conky is Free and Open SourceSuperlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Conky is LightweightSuperlayer is not according to our users
  4. ViBox icon

    ViBox

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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.

    20 ViBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • ViBox is the most popular Mac alternative to Superlayer.

    • ViBox is Free and ProprietarySuperlayer is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ViBox is CustomizableSuperlayer is not according to our users
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    Uwidgets

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    Offers MacOS 15-style customizable, interactive widgets for Windows, including weather, calendar, notes, reminders, and a comprehensive system monitor. Features real-time blur, resizable widgets, grid snapping, multiple themes, accent colors, and offline local operation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Eww icon

    Eww

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

    56 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. XWidget icon

    XWidget

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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/

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
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    • XWidget is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Superlayer.

    • XWidget is Freemium and ProprietarySuperlayer is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • XWidget is LightweightSuperlayer is not according to our users
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    Desktop Info

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    This little application displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other desktop information tools. Unlike others, this application looks like wallpaper but stays resident in memory and continues to update the display in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    OneWidget

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    OneWidget is a customizable app offering a wide variety of widgets for personalizing your home screen, including transparent, live, and health data widgets, with adjustable themes, icons, and sizes, compatible with iOS 14+ and iPadOS 14+.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • OneWidget is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Superlayer.

    • OneWidget is Freemium and ProprietarySuperlayer is also Freemium and Proprietary
  11. GeekTool icon

    GeekTool

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    GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

    • File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity
    • Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands
    • Image mode
    18 GeekTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  13. Widgetable icon

    Widgetable

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    Widgetable provides trending widgets on your lock and home screen, including pet widgets, plant widgets, social widgets for friends and couples, mood bubbles, dynamic icons, app launching widgets and contact shortcuts.

    17 Widgetable alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Android
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