Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.
License: Open Source
Screenlets is both a Python framework to simplify writing Cairo-drawn desktop widgets, similar to those found in the "Dashboard" feature of OSX, and a collection of widgets written using the framework. It is designed to work with any modern Linux desktop. Developed by Rico Pfaus, Helder Fraga, Natan Yellin
License: Open Source
Feature | Conky | Screenlets |
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Geeky | ||
Hardware Monitoring | ||
Support for Multiple Monitors | ||
Network Monitoring | ||
Performance Monitoring | ||
Uptime Monitoring | ||
Cpu monitoring | ||
Custom widgets | ||
UI customization | ||
Colored Text | ||
Config by GUI instead of text file | ||
System Info | ||
Applescript | ||
Configurable | ||
Lightweight | ||
Portable | ||
Web Browsers Based on Chromium | ||
Community based | ||
Terminal-based | ||
Command line interface | ||
Process Monitoring | ||
Display info on the menubar | ||
Clock widget | ||
Customizable | ||
Customizing | ||
Widgets | ||
Program Launchers | ||
Events | ||
Notifications |