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
Application typeApplication types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
XWidget Alternatives
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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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
Personalize your Home and Lock Screen with Lockera. Keep track of essential information.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
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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
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
United States
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
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- United States
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Visualizes live CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and wireless usage on macOS using a compact, customizable interface, blending data graphically and textually on desktop, menu bar, or Dock, with Retina support, hotkeys, and minimal system impact.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
- United States
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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
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
A widget framework for building desktop shells, written and configurable in Python
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Python
- Wayland
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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
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34 Themia alternativesThemia turns empty Windows desktop into useful surface. Widgets float on wallpaper, never steal focus, never clutter taskbar. Drag-and-resize grid, dark glass aesthetic, configurable per monitor.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Switzerland
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
Platforms
- Windows
Brazil
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