Yahoo Widget Alternatives

Yahoo Widget has been discontinued. Similar apps include XWidget, which has a free version. Other options are Winstep Xtreme, AveDesk, Amnesty Generator and gDesklets. In total there are seven Desktop Customization Tools like Yahoo Widget for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.

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Yahoo Widget alternatives page was last updated Nov 27, 2014

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/
40 XWidget alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Desktop Customization
Origin
China
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Android
Android Tablet
Steam
China
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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
Origin
United States
Platforms
Windows
United States
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AveDesk
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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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Amnesty Generator
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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
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
United States
+1
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gDesklets
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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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myBoard
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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
+2
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macOS Dashboard
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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
Origin
United States
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
United States
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