Widgets... would love to see a project to replace 20 year old GeekTool

[Johnny Jackhammer]

I have been using GeekTool for years - so useful to have a HUD of information sitting on the desktop. The fact that it still runs (albeit with Rosetta) on macOS is a testament to the creator.

I have not seen much on how to use WidgetKit to create our own widgets for bash/zsh shell scripts and that could be a wonderful built in replacement for GeekTool.

There is Ubersicht but it's just not the same as GeekTool. Not as easy to change font, color, position, etc.

There is a free idea here for an enterprising programmer... as long as I get a lifetime free license. LOL

 

[MacManiac76]

I still use GeekTool to this day as well. One of the most valued tools that I use for desktop quick glance information (month calendars, wifi info-ssid, link auth, & IP address, customized clock, date, and day of week front top & centered for clear view). I think I had a few others in the past that eventually stopped working and required coding knowledge that I don't have to try to fix them.

 

[Macinsky]

Anyone know how to make GeekTool Python scripts work with Python3. Changing the path in the current script doesnt work. Bash scripts work fine but python no go. Im using GeekTool on Monterey.

Thank you!

Here is the vertical calendar script...

#!/usr/bin/python
# VertiCal: A slim monthly calendar (that's perfect for GeekTool)
# by Rob Dumas
# Copyright (c) 2012 GNU Public License version 3.
# See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html for details on this license.

import sys
import datetime
import calendar

# Get the current date and create our vertiCal.
today = datetime.date.today()
vertiCal = []

# Create a calendar object, whose weeks start on monday.
cal = calendar.Calendar(0)

# Set a variable for the day.
for i in cal.itermonthdays2( today.year,today.month ):
if i[1] == 0:
theday = "M"
elif i[1] == 1:
theday = "T"
elif i[1] == 2:
theday = "W"
elif i[1] == 3:
theday = "T"
elif i[1] == 4:
theday = "F"
elif i[1] == 5:
theday = "S"
elif i[1] == 6:
theday = "S"
else:
print "Error: Day of week is not between 0 and 6."

# Make sure the date is nonzero before appending to our list.
if i[0] != 0:

# ANSI codes:
# 'black': '0;30', 'bright gray': '0;37',
# 'blue': '0;34', 'white': '1;37',
# 'green': '0;32', 'bright blue': '1;34',
# 'cyan': '0;36', 'bright green': '1;32',
# 'red': '0;31', 'bright cyan': '1;36',
# 'purple': '0;35', 'bright red': '1;31',
# 'yellow': '0;33', 'bright purple': '1;35',
# 'dark gray': '1;30', 'bright yellow': '1;33',
# 'normal': '0'
startofline = "" # empty by default
default = '''\033[1;37m''' # white by default
highlighted = '''\033[1;32m''' # yellow
endofline = ''' \033[0m''' # return to normal at EOL

separator = ""
monthlen = len( today.strftime( "%b" ) )
if monthlen < 6: monthlen = 6
for d in range( monthlen ):
separator += "."

if i[0] == today.day:
startofline = highlighted
spacer = " >> "
else:
startofline = default
spacer = " "

thestring = startofline + theday + spacer
# At this point, thestring should look something like:
# \033[1;37mMo (normal)
# \033[0;33mTu (highlighted)

# Add an extra space to the line if the date is a single digit.
if 1 <= i[0] <= 9: thestring += " "

# Add the date to thestring.
thestring += str(i[0]) + endofline
# At this point, thestring should look something like:
# \033[1;37mMon 9\033[0m (normal)
# \033[0;33mTue 10\033[0m (highlighted)

vertiCal.append(thestring)

# Print it all out.
print highlighted + today.strftime( "%B %Y" ) + endofline
print default + separator + endofline
for item in vertiCal: print item