XWidget AlternativesDesktop Customization Tools and other similar apps like XWidget

XWidget is described as '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/' and is a desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to XWidget for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Wayland apps. The best XWidget alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like XWidget are Seelen UI, Conky, Wigify and ViBox.

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  1. Rainmeter icon
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    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    45 Rainmeter alternatives

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  2. Seelen UI icon
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    Web-based customizable desktop environment integrated with Windows 10/11 offers tiling window manager, intuitive configuration, widget and menu adjustments, theme personalization, taskbar layout options, wallpaper management, streamlined multitasking, and workflow optimization.

    17 Seelen UI alternatives

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    • Windows
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  3. Conky icon
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    Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop. Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conkys torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0.

    34 Conky alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. Wigify icon
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    A desktop app that lets you create and display custom HTML/CSS/JS widgets right on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  5. ViBox icon
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    Make your desktop truly yours with the power of wide-ranging personalization options offered by ViBox. We believe that your desktop should reflect your style, needs, and preferences, and that's why we've crafted a widget experience that goes beyond the ordinary.

    28 ViBox alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. Eww icon
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    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  7. Uwidgets icon
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    Offers MacOS 15-style customizable, interactive widgets for Windows, including weather, calendar, notes, reminders, and a comprehensive system monitor. Features real-time blur, resizable widgets, grid snapping, multiple themes, accent colors, and offline local operation.

    44 Uwidgets alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  8. DeskDash icon
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    DeskDash turns your Windows desktop background into a live dashboard of widgets that sit behind your open windows. Build your own or install from a secure community-based marketplace.

    24 DeskDash alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  9. GeekTool icon
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    GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

    • File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity
    • Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands
    • Image mode
    22 GeekTool alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  10. 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

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
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  11. With Widgy, your home and lock screens becomes YOUR screens. You can make any kind of widget imaginable that perfectly matches the rest of your aesthetics. All the information you need can be easily surfaced through a widget that you designed.

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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  12. DesktopMagic icon
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    DesktopMagic allows you to improve the looks of your desktop!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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