GDesklets

gDesklets is a GNOME program which provides the architecture for small applets (desktop widgets) to be placed on top of the user's desktop. It is comparable to other desktop widget programs. The applets placed on the desktop are meant to be quick ways for the user to retrieve information and not get in the way of normal activity.

gDesklets

Desktop with running gDesklets
Stable release	0.36.3 / January 25, 2011 (2011-01-25)
Written in	Python[1]
Operating system	Unix-like
Platform	GNOME
Type	Widget engine Linux on the desktop
License	GNU General Public License
Website	Snapshot of the website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 3, 2013)

Desklets

The small programs that run inside gDesklets are called desklets and are small Python applets loaded into the gDesklets daemon. There are many gDesklets available from the gDesklets home page. Some of them include:

• Clocks
• Calendars
• Docking
• Weather
• RSS feed aggregators
• Controls for other applications (such as XMMS and Pidgin)
• Animated toolbars
• Desktop notes
• System monitors

See also

• Free and open-source software portal

• Screenlets