Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to TerminalWidget

Put script output in your Desktop/Home screen widgets.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Tell▲111
Mac widgets, made fun.
Apr 2026 · trytell.app · its alternatives →
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Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal▲1,094
I made a built-from scratch Wayland Compositor to display any GUI app* in the terminal! I think there is a lot of unexplored potential in custom Wayland compositors, a lot of really cool things you can embed existing applications into! So, I started with embedding apps into the terminal because that is the easiest input/output (output is just utf-8 and I use the great `chafa` library for that, and I just read from stdin for the input). If you have any other ideas for cool Wayland compositors, let me know. I purposedly wrote 80% the app in Typescript to appeal to the most developers and…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
Fig▲216
Visual apps and shortcuts for your terminal
2020 · its alternatives →
4
Screensavers for your terminal (Bevy/Ratatui)▲119
Screensavers for your terminal. Contribute to cxreiff/ttysvr development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
Fig Scripts▲245
Build internal CLI tools, really fast
2023 · fig.io · its alternatives →
6
Freeze▲118
Generate images of code and terminal output
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
7
BitBar▲160
Put the output from any script in your Mac OS X Menu Bar
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
8
Termtosvg – Record terminal sessions as SVG animations▲767
Record terminal sessions as SVG animations. Contribute to nbedos/termtosvg development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
9
Bidbar▲129
Save and run Terminal commands from the Mac menu bar
2019 · getbidbar.com · its alternatives →
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Seashells – Pipe output from CLI apps to the web in real time▲356
2017 · seashells.io · its alternatives →
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Today Scripts▲149
Run scripts in macOS's notification center
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
12
Shell Notebook▲193
MacOS Terminal, reimagined
2020 · shellnotebook-com.l.ink · its alternatives →
13
Pichon for Mac▲270
Best design graphics at your fingertips, just drag and drop
2021 · icons8.com · its alternatives →
14
A little eye-candy for the terminal (in Go)▲56
Print your name in style. Contribute to arsham/figurine development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
TermHere▲147
“Open Terminal Here” shortcut for Finder
2016 · hashbang.productions · its alternatives →
16
A terminal emulator in pure PHP▲196
A terminal renderer written in pure PHP. Contribute to soloterm/screen development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Widgetify▲67
Desktop widgets for your MacOS
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
TermBar▲199
Your terminal in your Mac menubar
2017 · its alternatives →
19
Terminal Candy▲117
A native macOS terminal you can skin and theme
Aug 2026 · terminalcandy.com · its alternatives →
20
DevTerminal▲73
A macOS terminal with a Run button that knows your project
13d ago · devterminal.app · its alternatives →
21
ttystudio – a terminal-to-gif recorder without the headaches▲118
A terminal-to-gif recorder minus the headaches. Contribute to chjj/ttystudio development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
22
SuperWidget for iPad▲96
Beautiful widgets with data coming from Shortcuts or APIs
2023 · superwidget.app · its alternatives →
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tsk▲72
Organize tasks right in your terminal
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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watson!▲108
Transparent note/drawing app for macOS
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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