BgInfo Alternatives

BgInfo is described as 'How many times have you walked up to a system in your office and needed to click through several diagnostic windows to remind yourself of important aspects of its configuration, such as its name, IP address, or operating system version If you manage multiple computers you' and is a system information utility in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BgInfo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wayland and Android apps. The best BgInfo alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BgInfo are Sidebar Diagnostics, Conky, Uwidgets and Eww.

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  1. Venmon icon
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    Venmon is a system resource monitoring and multi-ping tool for Windows. It can monitor system memory, processor, battery life, uptime, idle time, graphic cards, network traffic, event logs, and drives. It uses minimal processing power and memory usage while displaying real-time...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. nwg-wrapper icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
     
  3. Nerdtool icon
     5 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. BGINFO4X icon
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    BGINFO for X, also called BGINFO4X, is a clone of the popular program BGINFO for Windows created by Sysinternals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  5. WPInfo icon
     3 likes

    WPInfo displays system information on the Windows wallpaper. It works similarly to BGInfo from SysInternals but it adds a few unique features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Plasma Workspaces is the umbrella term for all graphical environments provided by KDE. Plasma separates components into "data engines" and their visualization counterparts. This is intended to reduce the total programming effort when there are multiple possible...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. AveDesk icon
     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
     
  8. Particulars icon
     2 likes

    Particulars displays system information about your Mac. It shows computer name, model name, serial number, CPU, RAM, graphics card, OS version, Server version, current user, uptime, disk space, and network configuration.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. XComms icon
     1 like

    XComms Desktop Alert Software is a versatile solution designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries enhance their internal communication channels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. 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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