Step 1 - Download and install Glitter
Glitter is free, and Open Source. It works on Windows, macOS, and a lot of Linux distributions.
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Revive your desktop
What if you could use the web technologies to make your desktop pretty, useful, or both - that's Glitter
How people are using Glitter
Video backgrounds - Instead of a static, boring image, you can have a video playing as your wallpaper
Get notifications - Made another sale through Stripe? Got another YouTube subscriber? - Get a custom alert
Video/audio players - Create a custom interface for your favourite player - Spotify, YouTube, etc.
Weather overview - Do you need an umbrella, or a sunscreen? Easily find out right from your desktop
PC performance - Track your CPU / RAM usage through nice charts instead of digging through your OS
What is Glitter?
Here's how Glitter works:
Glitter is an app for your computer that allows you to add widgets to your screen. Now, there are many apps that do this. Where Glitter is different is that it allows those widgets to be written with web technologies, which drastically lowers the barrier to entry into the desktop customization "land".
You can download widgets made by other people, and you can also create your own. Glitter makes both easy - it's up to you.
Step 2 - Create a new widget
Glitter comes with an integrated development server and templates for React and Vue.js. All you have to do is open your favourite code editor and start working on your widget.
Step 3 - Add the widget to your screen
Each widget can be added any number of times, to any of your screens. Glitter makes it easy to just drag the widgets around so you can position them just the way you want to.
Yes - it's that simple
What does Glitter provide?
Here is a short summary of some niceties:
Technologies you know
Glitter widgets are written with HTML, CSS, and JS. We have templates for React and Vue.js
Easy management
Widgets can be easily added to, and positioned on, any of your screens. Every widget can be added multiple times.
Visual configuration
Widgets are personal - and we recognize that. Our settings framework allows for easy configurability.
Widgets marketplace *
Install widgets people have shared with a few clicks on our marketplace and benefit from a collective genius
System access
Each widget can access the underlying system through Node.js for when more power is needed.
Open Source
Glitter code is open source, and available for both contribution and inspection to anyone.
* Coming soon
Are you ready to make your desktop beautiful again?
Download GlitterOpen Source, and works on all major operating systems
Glitter supports the following
Windows
macOS
Linux
We are testing Glitter on Windows 10, macOS Catalina, and Ubuntu. Other versions might be supported, and we are always open to contribution. After all, Glitter is Open Source.