Rainmeter is a fantastic desktop customization tool available for Windows. Unfortunately, Rainmeter is not available for Mac. For Mac users, Übersicht is a desktop customization tool and alternative to GeekTool.
Using Übersicht you can build custom widgets anywhere on your Mac OS X desktop. It is simple, lightweight, and extremely effective when compared to the competitors.
Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5.
This means it will be very easy to write the code and customize it based on your requirements. It can display the data in different tables, charts, graphs, etc. It is extremely responsive as well. It will work perfectly regardless of the screen size you have and the resolution of your display.
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Übersicht is a new entry into the market, only a few numbers of widgets are available. It requires a little-bit coding knowledge to build custom widgets. After installing you can quickly add a status monitor for a quick glance of your Mac status. Übersicht is free. If you are a developer you can build widgets easily with JavaScript or CoffeeScript. So, from now, whenever you need a custom widget on your Mac, you don’t have to depend on the paid options. Because you can create your own widget easily using this amazing desktop customization tool for Mac.
Here is an example of a minimal script written on the program. Credits go to the Übersicht.
command: "echo Hai Bros!"
refreshFrequency: 6000 # ms
render: (output) ->
"<h2>#{output}</h2>"
style: """
left: 30px
top: 30px
color: #fff """
Features of Übersicht
- Create your own widgets on Mac easily
- Very lightweight when compared to the alternatives
- Extremely responsive and works perfectly on any screen sizes
- Compatible with almost all Mac OS X versions