Top 15 OS X Dashboard Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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. Alternatively, the user can invoke Dashboard by moving the cursor into a preassigned hot corner, or by pressing a hot key, both of which can be set to the users preference.

1. gDesklets

gDesklets gDesklets is an architecture for "desklets", which are tiny applets sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness.You can populate your desktop with status meters, icon bars, weather sensors, news tickers... whatever you can imagine... Virtually anything is possible and may even be available some......

2. Screenlets

Screenlets Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as "the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk". Sticknotes, clocks, rulers, ... the possibilities are endless.The goal of the Screenlets base-classes is to simplify the creation of fully themeable mini-apps that each solve basic desktop-work-related......

3. Nerdtool

Nerdtool 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.Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output's colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is......

4. Sprout Builder

Sprout Builder Sprout Builder is a web-hosted, visual authoring solution that allows creative professionals to quickly and easily create branded, rich-media content and widgets. Sprout allows brands to quickly create brand experiences that are easily transportable across Facebook, MySpace and other social networks without needing expensive development resources. Sprout customers include MTV,......

5. myBoard

myBoard 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.......

6. NewsGator Widgets

NewsGator Widgets NewsGator’s widget services platform makes it incredibly easy for you to syndicate a wide range of content and allow you to distribute it, in the form of a widget, across the social web.NewsGator widgets are self-contained, interactive, portable components that display text, image, sound, and/or video on any web page.......

7. Beautiful Widgets

Beautiful Widgets Beautiful set of widgets containing a clock widget, a clock and weather widget, weather widgets, date widgets and toggle widgets, with skins/themes support.Details:- Super Clock widget with weather, battery or just the clock 4x3 4x2 4x1 2x1- Weather only widget 4x1 1x1- Battery widget 1x1- Date widget 2x1 1x1- Text......

8. Rainmeter

Rainmeter Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac. Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance.......

9. Windows Sidebar

Windows Sidebar (Due to a security vulnerability, it is recommended to turn off Sidebar and Gadgets.) Windows Sidebar is a long, vertical bar that is displayed on the side of your desktop. It contains mini-programs called gadgets, which offer information at a glance and provide easy access to frequently used tools. For......

10. Appocalypsis

Appocalypsis APPOCALYPSIS is a SaaS Application which Helps you Create & Manage Widgets which help with Conversion for your Websites. It's Quick and Easy to use. It then Gathers Important Analytics about how your Widgets are Progressing. A great online tool for Single Website Owners, Developers, Webmasters or Marketers.......

11. Microsoft Gadgets

Microsoft Gadgets Microsoft Gadgets are light-weight single-purpose applications that can sit on the users computer desktop, or are hosted on a web page. According to Microsoft, it will be possible for the different types of gadgets to run on different environments without modification, but this is currently not the case.......

12. Vaporizza

Vaporizza Just a pretty Windows Gadget which displays and allows to run a list of your Steam games on your desktop.......

13. Capture .NET

Capture .NET Capture .NET Free is an integrated, multi-functional, powerful and general-purpose System, Design, File, Desktop and Develop utility tool. Includes many helpful tools: Capture Screen/Image Editor/Capture Color/Post-It/Screen Clock/Screen Calender/Screen Reminder/Screen Ruler/Screen Pencil/Screen Magnifier/Converter/Backup Expert/Quick Launch/World Clock/Timer...and much more. All-In-One, Multlanguage, Simple and Standalone (no install).......

14. Widgetbox

Widgetbox Widgetbox makes it simple, easy, and fun to make widgets and mobile sites to share with the world.......

15. Google Desktop

Google Desktop The power of Google on your desktop. Hit ctrl twice and you are ready for a full Google search of you hard drive and networked drives you may have. Indispensable if you need to find files quickly... the price doesn't hurt either!As of September 14, Google Desktop will no longer......