# elkowar/eww

ElKowars wacky widgets

Repository: https://github.com/elkowar/eww
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/eww
Homepage: https://elkowar.github.io/eww
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: rust, rust-lang, gtk3, gtk, gtk-rs, unixporn, linux, desktop, widget, eww, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-07-17T07:29:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 65/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2174, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 12636, forks 536 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:59.473399+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, templating, configuration-management
- domain: desktop-applications, developer-tools, web-design
- platform: rust
- tags: desktop-widgets, status-bar, gtk3, wayland, x11, window-manager, ricing, yuck, css-theming, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- elkowar/eww (main) score 65

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.473399+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:13:54.393680+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/elkowar/eww (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:59.473399+00:00, sha 4b7362fc2ac5)
  - homepage: https://elkowar.github.io/eww (fetched 2026-08-29T08:10:17.277963+00:00, sha 04a6a7e57386)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.