GeekTool Alternatives

GeekTool is described as 'Application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:' and is a desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to GeekTool for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Wayland and Python apps. The best GeekTool alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GeekTool are Conky, Uwidgets, Eww and XWidget.

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  1. GKrellM icon
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    GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme.

    23 GKrellM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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. MiniUsage icon
     6 likes

    MiniUsage displays various data like CPU usage, amount of network flow, battery status and process names which uses much CPU time in a menubar. It takes little space and can display various data, so it's suitable for notebook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. iPulse icon
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    Using its concise and appealing user interface, iPulse graphically displays the inner workings of OS X on your desktop, menu bar or Dock.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Particulars icon
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    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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. Superlayer is the easiest way to create delightful widgets for your Mac in no time. Choose from a variety of gorgeous pre-designed widgets — all highly customizable — and place them anywhere you want, directly onto your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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