Mega Roundup of Geektool scripts + inspiration gallery.

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If you have a mac you have to try it.
Geektool is a (great) little app to show some informations directly on your desktop using UNIX code.

You don’t know Unix? No problem, after the jump you find the code you need to do what you want (how to display the external IP, Recent music Plays, the Weather, how to display comics and so on…) .

The only bad thing is that the last version of geektool is not officially available for Leopard (just for Panther or Tiger).
If you have Leopard, i know that for someone it works and for someone it doesnt. So, if you want, try at your own risk.

In case you can have a look at this nice tutorial for beginners.

Full list after the jump…

Scripts…

Uptime code

uptime

External IP, Internal IP, Weather, Top (cpu sort), Uptime, CPU Usage, and Ram Usage

reminder

cpu

Recent music Plays

music

Facebook Desktop

facebook_geektool

Scripts for Network, Temperature

light

RAM, Processes, CPU

cpu2

Current Wireless Network (via keynote2keynote.com)

wireless

Ethernet And Airport IP Addresses (via keynote2keynote.com)

ethernet_ok

Weather desktop

weather

Display Hulu Shows through GeekTool

hulu

Embed Skype contacts on Desktop

skype

Put News On Your Desktop With GeekTool

news

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Monitor your SuperDuper! Mac backups with GeekTool

backup

Show the ping time to your home machine

home

Using Geektool to display comics (xkcd)

comic

World clock

world

And then you can read some good articles from macosxhints:

Some great examples…

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49 Comments

 

  1. Jon 17/04/2009  2:06 pm Reply

    Nice post/roundup!

  2. fidel 17/04/2009  8:37 pm Reply

    Hi,

    thx for linking to my comic-article ;)

    Regarding Geektool and Leopard -> works great for me. Luckily someone is now working on Geektool 3 -> seems like a total rework of the old code. So lets hope the development is advancing

    Greetings
    fidel

    • Francesco Mugnai 18/04/2009  10:57 am Reply

      Thank you for your article Fidel! Can't wait for Geektool 3...

      • fidel 18/04/2009  9:15 pm Reply

        content-sharing ftw

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  4. Nic H 19/04/2009  2:09 am Reply

    Thanks for featuring my scripts!

    I hope to be releasing some updates soon :)

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  8. CM 01/09/2009  11:41 pm Reply

    That's a great roundup!

    Here's one more:

    Display your tasks on your desktop from the CLI component of Pagico 4, a cross-platform task planner.

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  11. Andy Kashyap 23/10/2009  10:35 am Reply

    Hi,

    Will it be possible for you to put up my geektool-ed desktop? Provided it meets your standards ofcourse. it's on my flickr page

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/29375670@N05/4036925032/

  12. Theresa Ford 28/10/2009  3:21 pm Reply

    I made a collection of scripts that can be downloaded all at once, instead of assembled piecemeal:
    http://cattail.nu/mac/GeekTool/

    In addition to the usual, scripts include: NASDAQ, iCal Events, RSS Reader, and a Network Traffic Sniffer.

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  15. vic 03/12/2009  12:12 am Reply

    Hi! i have been trying a lot of scripts all day, but i couldnt make them work :( :(
    as a example:
    top -orsize -FR -l1 | grep % | grep -v Load | grep -v COMMAND | cut -c 7-19,64-69

    i copied this in the command box but i cant make it work, i have the same problem with ALL the scripts. I just can make them work for example if i just write top, or date, but nothing more complicated.
    Im running geektools 3.0 rc5 on snow leopard.
    I hope u can help me!
    Thx!!

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  17. vic 30/12/2009  3:25 pm Reply

    sois todos una pandilla de comepollas!!! gracias por vuestra ayuda de mierda hijos de puta

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  19. Matt 12/01/2010  3:45 am Reply

    We're trying to build a community where people can share their GeekTool setups over at http://www.macosxtips.co.uk/geeklets

    People can download and contribute the "geeklet" files that GeekTool 3 now uses. It's a great place if you are looking for some new scripts or if you want to share your cool new setup.

  20. Denzil Kelly 14/01/2010  4:42 pm Reply

    Where can I get the wallpaper/background used in the second great example?

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  28. omar 29/08/2010  11:36 am Reply

    http://img4.glowfoto.com/images/2010/08/29-0349105601L.jpg

  29. Michael 19/10/2010  2:05 am Reply

    Here's mine: http://i.imgur.com/13Xfm.png

  31. Asgeir Hustad 21/02/2011  10:22 am Reply

    I seriously want that second wallpaper! :D

    Anyone know where it is possible to get it? Upon clicking on it, I end up on a flickr-page where it says: "Private!" ^^

  32. Marcel 14/03/2011  7:53 am Reply

    Fantastic and inspirational... I really want to get this geek tool thing under my belt!

  33. Karthik.K 13/04/2011  3:36 pm Reply

    Thanks for sharing! Awesome! :)

  34. Karthik.K 13/04/2011  3:37 pm Reply

    Here's my desktop for this month: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=213381965340287&set=a.213284068683410.59578.204099729601844&type=1&theater

  35. Anonymous 13/08/2011  3:41 am Reply

    My Geektool Desktop:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/13596615@N04/6036790269/in/pool-1007238@N24

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  40. GuiyeC 01/09/2011  4:04 pm Reply

    Mine http://www.flickr.com/photos/67059140@N04/6103018053/

  41. Scott McClung 08/09/2011  1:55 pm Reply

    Here are some other unique scripts you can use:
    binary clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/binary-clock-geeklet-for-geektool.html
    pie chart clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/pie-chart-clock-geeklet-for-geektool.html
    super fuzzy clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/super-fuzzy-clock-geeklet.html

  42. Scott McClung 08/09/2011  1:55 pm Reply

    Here are some other unique scripts you can use:
    binary clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/binary-clock-geeklet-for-geektool.html
    pie chart clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/pie-chart-clock-geeklet-for-geektool.html
    super fuzzy clock: http://blog.scottmcclung.com/2011/09/super-fuzzy-clock-geeklet.html

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