12 best Conky themes,scripts,configs | widgets on linux

Conky

Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. Conky scripts are like themes for conky. It is available for all Linux distros, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. Conky when first installed is quite ugly but you can make it look cool by using scripts. You can install conky by following methods according to your OS. Type the following commands in your terminal and you will be good to go.

Debian/Ubuntu

At a terminal:
$ sudo apt-get install conky

Gentoo

Have no fear, Conky is in portage. You can install it with:
# emerge app-admin/conky
or, using Paludis:
# paludis -i app-admin/conky

Arch

Conky is available in pacman:
# pacman -S conky

FreeBSD

Conky is available in FreeBSD ports, check FreshPorts for details.

Conky themes / scripts / configs:

Conky when first installed is quite ugly but you can make it look awesome by using themes, here is a list of 10 conky scripts / configs conky to make it look awesome. Setting up each of the scripts might be slightly different from one another but it shouldn’t be totally different. Procedure to installing the scripts is in each link. If you run into any problem you can either post a comment here or on the authors page on deviantart.

Harmattan (Includes 12 themes)

Download links: http://zagortenay333.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Harmattan-426662366

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Red NSA Conky

Download links: http://speedracker.deviantart.com/art/Red-NSA-Conky-388553986

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Black Pearl Conky

Download links: http://ninquitassar.deviantart.com/art/Black-Pearl-Conky-281468275

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Conky config Black Diamond

Download links: http://bigrza.deviantart.com/art/Conky-config-Black-Diamond-134566184

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Crunchbang conky

Download links: http://quickdraw.deviantart.com/art/crunchbang-conky-140611369

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Arch Conky

Download links: http://sunjack94.deviantart.com/art/Arch-Conky-204105127

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Conky Google Now

Download links: http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753

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Conky, Conky, Conky

Download links: http://yesthisisme.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Conky-Conky-174343321

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NotifyOSD conky

Download links: http://bigrza.deviantart.com/art/notifyOSD-conky-206763506

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“Rings” Meters for Conky

Download links: http://londonali1010.deviantart.com/art/quot-Rings-quot-Meters-for-Conky-141961783

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CONKY-COLORS

Download links: http://helmuthdu.deviantart.com/art/CONKY-COLORS-244793180

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Conky config

Download links: http://didi79.deviantart.com/art/conky-config-127651851

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Thats it for now i will keep searching for new scripts and update this post. If you have any other cool scripts in sight then do tell me. If you have any question feel free to ask in the comment section below and i will get back to you as soon as possible.