elkowar/eww
ElKowars wacky widgets observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
65/100
- Activity 93
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2174
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 47
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
12636 stars · 536 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Eww (ElKowar's Wacky Widgets) is a standalone desktop widget system written in Rust, letting users build custom widgets like status bars and dashboards independent of their window manager. Widgets are configured in the yuck language and styled with CSS, running on GTK3 under X11 or Wayland.
Use cases
- create a custom status bar for i3 or hyprland
- replace polybar with my own widget bar
- build desktop system monitor widgets on linux
- rice my linux desktop with custom widgets
- make a power menu or dashboard widget
- show system stats like cpu and ram in a top bar
When to choose
- you use a tiling window manager and want fully custom, scriptable widgets
- you want widget styling via CSS and configuration in a declarative language
- you need a window-manager-independent widget system on X11 or Wayland
When to avoid
- you want a prebuilt, batteries-included status bar with minimal configuration
- you need widgets on macOS or Windows
- you prefer a GUI-based widget builder rather than writing config files
Facets
application · maturity active
ui-components templating configuration-management desktop-applications developer-tools web-design rust desktop-widgets status-bar gtk3 wayland x11 window-manager ricing yuck css-theming linux desktop
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/elkowar/eww · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4b7362fc2ac5
- homepage: https://elkowar.github.io/eww · fetched 2026-08-29 · 04a6a7e57386
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| elkowar/eww | main | 65 |
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