Productivity · Utilities

LinuxWidgets

Glassmorphism desktop widgets for Linux.

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The LinuxWidgets Widget Manager: cards for Weather, System, Network, Sticky Note, Calendar and Clock, with an empty Active Widgets list.

Overview

LinuxWidgets put frosted-glass widgets on the Linux desktop: weather, system stats, network, sticky notes, a calendar and a clock. Each one sat in its own frameless, transparent window below other apps, with real backdrop blur and a coloured glow along the top edge.

The data was live. Weather and a five-day forecast came from Open-Meteo with no API key, the system widget showed CPU, RAM, disk and CPU temperature as animated ring gauges, and the network widget graphed download and upload speeds alongside the machine's IP and MAC address.

Every widget had its own settings for accent colour, background opacity and blur, plus options such as temperature units or a 12/24-hour clock. A Widget Manager window and a tray icon added and removed widgets, and positions, sizes and settings were remembered between sessions. LinuxWidgets was released as open source under the GPL-3.0 in March 2026; it was built with Electron and ran from source with Node.js 18 or later.

Highlights

Six widgets: weather, system, network, sticky notes, calendar and clock
Weather and 5-day forecast from Open-Meteo, no API key needed
CPU, RAM, disk and CPU-temperature ring gauges
Live network speeds with a scrolling graph, IP and MAC address
Per-widget accent colour, background opacity and blur
Widget Manager window and system-tray menu
Widgets remembered position, size and settings across restarts

Details

Platforms: Linux
First released: Repository created Mar 30, 2026
Built with: Electron 35, Open-Meteo API
License: GPL-3.0
Status: Retired
Timeline: Mar 2026
Requirements: Linux with X11 or Wayland (tested on Ubuntu/GNOME); Node.js 18+ (to run from source); internet connection for weather data only; distributed as source (Electron)