Übersicht Alternatives

Übersicht is described as 'lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they' and is a desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are eight alternatives to Übersicht for Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Wayland. The best Übersicht alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Übersicht are Conky, Eww, Desktop Info and GeekTool.

Übersicht alternatives are mainly Desktop Customization Tools but may also be System Information Utilities or Shell Extensions. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Übersicht.

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Übersicht

Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool

Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets....

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Rainmeter
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
System Information Utility
Windows
30 Rainmeter alternatives
Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity.
- - Rainmeter is the most popular Windows alternative to Übersicht.
- - Rainmeter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Übersicht.
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Rainmeter Features
1. Live WallpapersRainmeter offers a selection of dynamic, interactive, and animated wallpapers.
Widgets
Customizable
Customize skin
CPU Monitoring
Custom widgets
Colored Text
Skinnable
Hardware Monitoring
Desktop Widget
Conky
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
BSD
23 Conky alternatives
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.
- - Conky is the most popular Linux alternative to Übersicht.
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Conky Features
1. Command line interfaceConky either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Conky without registration.
3. LightweightConky consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Ad-freeConky doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. Support for Multiple MonitorsConky supports the use of multiple displays.
Performance Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Geeky
Eww
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
Linux
34 Eww alternatives
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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Eww Features
1. Support for scriptingEww supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Widgets
Customizable
Custom widgets
Configurable
Gtk
Rust
Desktop Info
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
18 Desktop Info alternatives
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.
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Desktop Info Features
1. PortableDesktop Info can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hardware Monitoring
GeekTool
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Free • Proprietary
Desktop Customization Tool
Mac
17 GeekTool alternatives
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
- - GeekTool is the most popular Mac alternative to Übersicht.
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GeekTool Features
Applescript
Hardware Monitoring
Discontinued
The program is reportedly still working, but latest version, 3.3.1, was released in October 2016. It can be still downloaded from the official website.
Nerdtool
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Desktop Customization Tool
Shell Extension
Mac
27 Nerdtool alternatives
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.
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Nerdtool Features
Customizable
Clock widget
Customizing
Widgets
Configurable
Discontinued
Still works, but hasn't been updated in about ten years.
nwg-wrapper
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
Linux
Wayland
12 nwg-wrapper alternatives
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.
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nwg-wrapper Features
1. Support for scriptingnwg-wrapper supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Widgets
Custom widgets
Customizable
Configurable
Customization
screenstyler
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
32 screenstyler alternatives
It's a little something we made to make Windows customization easier. ScreenStyler has an intuitive UI and combines several apps and resources for fast, awesome results.
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screenstyler Features
Customizing
Customize Windows
Customizable
Desktop Widget

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