AGS Alternatives

AGS is described as 'A framework for crafting Wayland Desktop Shells' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to AGS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Wayland and BSD apps. The best AGS alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AGS are Docking, Wigify, Conky and ViBox.

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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
Good alternative?Is gDesklets a good alternative to AGS?
screenstyler
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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.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Platforms
Windows
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BMPanel
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BMPanel (bitmap panel) is a lightweight, NETWM compliant panel for X11 Window System, which contains a desktop switcher, taskbar, system tray and clock. The application is inspired by simplicity of fspanel. BMPanel has a modern look and feel, while keeping itself tiny and small.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Linux
BSD
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MyDesktopWidget
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A modern Windows desktop widget engine with zero-wake gaming pause, wallpaper-layer rendering, and an experimental Rainmeter skin importer.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Desktop Customization
Origin
Brazil
Platforms
Windows
Brazil
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MagicMirror²
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MagicMirror² is an open source modular smart mirror platform. Based on the Electron application wrapper and tested (but not limited to) Raspberry Pi single board computers.
5 MagicMirror² alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Linux
Raspbian
Raspberry Pi
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Love & Noteit Widget By Sendit
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If you're looking for a fun way to stay in touch with your friends and family, you should check out the iOS interactive Love & Noteit widget app. It's super easy to use and fits on your iPhone home screen.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Platforms
iPhone
Good alternative?Is this a good alternative to AGS?
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i3status-rust
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i3status-rs is a feature-rich and resource-friendly replacement for i3status, written in pure Rust. It provides a way to display "blocks" of system information (time, battery status, volume, etc) on bars that support the i3bar protocol.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
i3
Linux
+2
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Good alternative?Is i3status-rust a good alternative to AGS?
Simple Stats
Like
Real-time system monitor for desktop corner.
Cost / License
Free
Proprietary
Application type
System Information
Origin
Japan
Platforms
Windows
Japan
Good alternative?Is Simple Stats a good alternative to AGS?
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rootbar
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Root Bar is a bar for wlroots based wayland compositors such as sway and was designed to address the lack of good bars for wayland.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Platforms
Linux
Wayland
+1
R
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dwlb
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Feature-Complete Bar for DWL.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Origin
International
Platforms
Wayland
Linux
Global
D
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Oatbar
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The motivation for creation of oatbar was to extend on the idea of Unix-way for toolbars. Inspired by i3bar which consumes a JSON stream that controls it's appearance, we take this idea much further without becoming a DIY widget toolkit.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
Linux
BSD
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Good alternative?Is Oatbar a good alternative to AGS?