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    elkowar/eww

    ElKowars wacky widgets

    backend
    desktop
    eww
    gtk
    gtk-rs
    gtk3
    Rust
    MIT
    12.7K stars
    539 forks
    49 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 932 days ago, with 104 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a standalone widget system in Rust for creating custom desktop widgets compatible with any window manager.
    • Enables highly customizable and lightweight widget creation with Rust's performance and safety benefits.
    • Use for building personalized status bars and desktop widgets on Linux using GTK and Rust.
    • Use for replacing or enhancing existing window manager bars with custom interactive widgets.
    • Use for developing unique desktop UI components that integrate seamlessly with Unix-like environments.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present

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    From the README

    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    Documentation and instructions on how to install can be found here.

    Dharmx also wrote a nice, beginner friendly introductory guide for eww here.

    I'm currently busy working yolk, which is a dotfile management solution that supports a unique spin on templating: templating without template files.

    To find out more, check out the website and documentation!

    (Note that some of these still make use of the old configuration syntax.)

    Excerpt from the elkowar/eww README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    539+5

    Open issues

    382+4

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