GeekTool Universal Binary

Version: 2.1.2 || Release Date: 2006-07-11 || License: Freeware

"GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Panther or Tiger to show system logs, unix commands output, or images (i.e. from the internet) on your desktop (or even in front of all windows)."

The Linux kids have been doing this forever. Widgets are neat, but they don't have the tty non-anti-aliased grittiness of Geektool scripts.

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by
purewater, 2008-01-25

//vkeios
You comment "a patch for unicode support", where can i find it?
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So if you see this comment, plz reply any msgs.
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thanx... geeks.

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vkeios, 2007-11-17

Note for anyone who cares:
there's a patch for unicode support on the developer's forum.
And geektool works just fine with Leopard and Spaces.

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by
berdan, 2007-03-29 (score: 2)

What I use GeekTool for:

  • Swap space: sysctl vm.swapusage | awk '{printf "%d/%d (%d)\n", $7, $4, $10}'
  • Top 4 memory hoggers: top -l1 -o rsize -n4 -U [my username] | awk 'NR==9,NR==12 {printf "%3d %s\n", $8, $2}'
  • Bluetooth status (needs blueutil, http://www.frederikseiffert.de/blueutil/): /usr/local/bin/blueutil status | awk '{print "BT: " $2}'
  • Mounted local drives: df -H -l
  • Load averages: sysctl vm.loadavg | sed s/'^vm.loadavg: '//
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halleck, 2007-03-10

So this is like torsmo/conky for OSX? Sweet!

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stridey, 2006-11-06

This is to the usability crowd what Konfabulator is (was) to the eye-candy crowd.

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boli, 2006-07-11 (score: 1)

Here's what I use it for:
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8300945231/m/926001299731

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dvpc, 2006-07-11 (score: 1)

Indeed. Unlike widgets, it's light on both CPU and GPU.

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notverypc, 2006-07-11 (score: 1)

This is a MUSt have app for Mac.
Scripts can be anything unix or AppleScript.