Tkinter Desktop Widgets (pyw)

This project includes simple Tkinter desktop widgets: a Wiki article of the day widget and resource monitoring widgets. The widgets are implemented as .pyw files to run without a terminal.

Features

• Wiki Article of the Day: Displays the Wikipedia article of the day.
• Resource Monitoring: Monitors and displays system resources such as CPU and memory usage.

Screenshots

Wiki Article of the Day

Resource Monitoring

Additional Screenshots

Usage

Once the widgets are running, you can drag them anywhere on the screen. Features include:

• Right-click to Refresh: Right-click on the widget to refresh its content.

• Adjust Size: You can adjust the size of the widgets to small, medium, or large.

• Settings File: The widgets include a settings file where you can customize various parameters. Below is a snippet of some settings:

  {
      "Global": {
          "x": 1478,
          "y": 355,
          "size": 1.2,
          "topmost": "True",
          "text_color": "black",
          "bg_color": "beige",
          "opacity": "0.8"
      },
      "ResourceMonitor": {
          "x": 1443,
          "y": 186,
          "size": 1.3,
          "topmost": "False"
      },
      "Cpu": {
          "x": 1522,
          "y": 59,
          "size": 1.3,
          "topmost": "True"
      }
  ...

Setup

1. Clone the repository

2. Navigate to the app directory:

   cd Tkinter-Desktop-Widgets-py-
   cd app

3. Install the required packages:

   pip install -r requirements.txt