Nerdtool VS Conky

Compare Nerdtool VS Conky and see what are their differences

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Nerdtool

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

Conky

Latest commit 262a292 on Dec 7, 2017 brndnmtthws Add missing build dep. Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.

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Nerdtool

Categories	Monitoring Tools Command Line Tools Tool Log Management
Website	mutablecode.com

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Conky

Categories	Monitoring Tools Command Line Tools Tool Performance Monitoring
Website	github.com

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Nerdtool videos

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Nerdtool & Quartz Composer... Experiments... 2 of 4

Conky videos

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Conky System Info for Ham Radio Digital Operators

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Nerdtool and Conky)

Nerdtool

Conky

Monitoring Tools

22 22%

Monitoring Tools

78% 78

Command Line Tools

25 25%

Command Line Tools

75% 75

Tool

38 38%

Tool

62% 62

Log Management

100 100%

Log Management

0% 0

User comments

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 42 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Nerdtool mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Nerdtool yet. Tracking of Nerdtool recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Conky mentions (42)

An app to count down till certain day
Maybe put something like echo $(($(date -d 24-Dec +%j) - $(date +%j))) days into your bashrc. Conky should be able to display it nicely on the desktop. Source: 9 months ago
Do you plan on adding widgets to your desktop in Sonoma?
What I could go for is something like Conky (https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky). Source: 10 months ago
Give Wayland a shot, don't base your opinion off of 2013 articles!
Funny meme btw. Personally, I use xorg with 3 displays. Fortunately, the resolution is same on all screens (full HD). I use Komorebi for live wallpapers and conky for sidebar. It works flawlessly. Source: 11 months ago
Issue in hyprland
If you are using Wayland, then you may want to do some searches related to "wayland conky transparency" and see what results. Also, if you are using wayland, you will want to be sure you are using the latest possible version of conky, as close to 1.18.x or 1.19.2 as possible, as wayland support is a relatively new addition to conky. If you are on the latest or a late version and are also using the wayland video... Source: 11 months ago
I need a small tool to monitor the CPU temperature and Fans RPM in Fedora 38
Conky is the best.... you can set whatever info you like and display the info in many style..... Source: 11 months ago