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Plastuer VS Conky

Compare Plastuer VS Conky and see what are their differences

Plastuer logo Plastuer

Plastuer is a Windows application for setting GIFs, videos, and web pages as your wallpaper.

Conky logo 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.
  • Plastuer Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-04-08
  • Conky Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-21

Plastuer videos

Introducing Plastuer

Conky videos

Conky System Info for Ham Radio Digital Operators

More videos:

  • Review - LEGO Conky Robot MOC Review from Pee-Wee's Playhouse #ToyReplay
  • Review - Making Linux Look Good - Conky First-Time Setup - Live Stream

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Plastuer and Conky)
Wallpapers
100 100%
0% 0
Monitoring Tools
0 0%
100% 100
Personalization
100 100%
0% 0
Command Line Tools
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky seems to be a lot more popular than Plastuer. While we know about 42 links to Conky, we've tracked only 1 mention of Plastuer. 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.

Plastuer mentions (1)

  • Thanks, I love lunar phases simulation
    You might find this helpful. Let's you set any gif, video, or webpage as your wallpaper. Source: over 2 years ago

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: 10 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: 11 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: 12 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: 12 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: 12 months ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Plastuer and Conky, you can also consider the following products

Wallpaper Engine - Wallpaper Engine enables you to use live wallpapers on your Windows desktop.

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

Video Paper - Set a video as your wallpaper.

Rainmeter - Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.

VDesktop - VDesktop is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows desktop.

Bginfo - This fully-configurable program automatically generates desktop backgrounds that include important information about the system.