Conky

Conky is ranked #14 of 35 in system information software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted.

Compared on system information software

Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: cross_platform
Widget categories: text, progress bars, graph widgets, RSS feeds, calendar events
System monitoring: Yes
Custom layouts: Yes
Weather widgets: No
Calendar widgets: Yes
Feed widgets: Yes

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Conky

Purpose: Conky is a system monitor for X that displays information on the desktop or in its own window.
System metrics: Conky includes more than 250 built-in objects for statistics such as uptime, CPU, memory, disk, processes, and network activity.
Display formats: Conky can present information as text, progress bars, and graph widgets, using different fonts and colors.
External data: Conky can display information gathered through scripts and external programs.
Mail support: Conky includes built-in IMAP and POP3 support.
Music integrations: Conky integrates with music players including MPD, XMMS2, and Audacious.
Lua API: Conky supports Lua scripts and hooks, provided the build has Lua support enabled.
Desktop environments: Conky is free software for Linux and BSD, and newer versions can also work with Wayland window managers that support the wlr-layer-shell protocol.
Licensing: The project wiki says torsmo-based code is BSD-licensed and new Conky code is GPL 3.0-licensed.
Configuration: The default configuration file is located at ~/.config/conky/conky.conf or ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf.
Container limitation: The Docker guide says much of the information displayed in a container reflects the container rather than the entire host system, and that the Docker image is still under development.
Build requirements: The compiling guide lists X11, Cairo, Lua, Imlib2, librsvg, ncurses, and libxml2 as examples of native libraries needed from the system package manager.
Community support: The project wiki directs users to open an issue or pull request and lists direct contact with developers as a support route.
Customization: Global settings can configure screen alignment, fonts, colors, borders, and window dimensions.

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best System Information Software in 2026#14 of 35
Best Desktop Widget Software in 2026#9 of 30

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conky.cc/documents/about· checked 30 Sept 2026
conky.cc/lua· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/brndnmtthws/conky/wiki· checked 30 Sept 2026
conky.cc/config_settings· checked 30 Sept 2026
conky.cc/documents/docker· checked 30 Sept 2026
conky.cc/documents/compiling· checked 30 Sept 2026
github.com/brndnmtthws/conky· checked 30 Sept 2026