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We've compiled a list of 15 free and paid alternatives to GeekTool. The primary competitors include Rainmeter, Conky. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between GeekTool and XWidget, MenuMeters for El Capitan, MiniUsage. Also you can look at other similar options here: System and Hardware Tools.


Rainmeter
Free Open Source

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Conky
Free Open Source

Conky displays any kind of information on your desktop

XWidget is a free desktop customization platform.

MiniUsage displays various data like CPU usage, amount of network flow, battery status and process...

Nerdtool
Free Open Source

NerdTool is a GeekTool-like application that displays information directly on your desktop.

GKrellM
Free Open Source

GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its...

Moss
Free Open Source

Moss is a live wallpaper, an alternative to Conky for Android.

BitBar
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Put anything in your Mac OS X menu bar

Übersicht
Free Open Source

Keep an eye on what is happening on your machine and in the World.

GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+.

GeekTool Platforms

tick-square Mac

GeekTool Video and Screenshots

GeekTool Overview

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 with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow. Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like "df" to check space left on filesystems or "uptime" to monitor load on your machine. Finally, image mode helps you monitor bandwidth usage, CPU load, memory availability on your server with tools like MRTG or RRD.

GeekTool Features

tick-square Applescript
tick-square Hardware Monitoring

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