Yahoo Widget Alternatives

Yahoo Widget is described as 'Choose from 1,000s of Widgets. Weather, Games, Web Cams, Time Savers and more' and is an app in the online services category. There are seven alternatives to Yahoo Widget for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Yahoo Widget alternative is XWidget, which is free. Other great apps like Yahoo Widget are Winstep Xtreme, AveDesk, Amnesty Generator and gDesklets.

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    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/

    34 XWidget alternatives

    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 Windows, Android & Android Tablet alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • XWidget is the most popular free alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • XWidget is Freemium and ProprietaryYahoo Widget is Free and Proprietary
    • XWidget is LightweightYahoo Widget is not according to our users
  2. Winstep Xtreme icon

    Winstep Xtreme

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    Integrated desktop enhancement suite combining customizable docks, menus, taskbars, animated themes, and widget support, enabling advanced workspace organization, quick program access, multi-monitor support, seamless Windows integration, and extensive theme options.

    3 Winstep Xtreme alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Winstep Xtreme is the most popular commercial alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • Winstep Xtreme is Paid and ProprietaryYahoo Widget is Free and Proprietary
  4. AveDesk icon

    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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    Winstep Xtreme

    Integrated desktop enhancement suite combining customizable docks, menus, taskbars, animated themes, and widget support, enabling advanced workspace organization, quick program access, multi-monitor support, seamless Windows inte...

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  6. Amnesty Generator icon

    Amnesty Generator

     3 likes

    Easily convert millions of web widgets, games and videos – designed to live on home pages, blogs or social network profiles – into gadgets for your Sidebar. If you like widgets on the web, you’ll love them on your Sidebar.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Amnesty Generator is the most popular Mac alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • Amnesty Generator is the most popular Open Source alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • Amnesty Generator is Free and Open SourceYahoo Widget is Free and Proprietary
  7. gDesklets icon

    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.

    20 gDesklets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • gDesklets is the most popular Linux alternative to Yahoo Widget.

    • gDesklets is Free and Open SourceYahoo Widget is Free and Proprietary
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    macOS Dashboard

     6 likes

    Dashboard is an application for Apples Mac OS X operating systems, used for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. First introduced in Tiger, it is a semi-transparent layer that is invisible to the user unless activated by clicking its icon in the Dock.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  10. myBoard icon

    myBoard

     2 likes

    myBoard is a Windows port of Mac OS X dashboard. It is an application for Windows operating systems, used for hosting mini-applications known as magnets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
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