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Eww is a Rust widget system for creating custom desktop widgets, including configurations similar to those in AwesomeWM.
About Elkowar's Wacky Widgets
Eww (ElKowar's Wacky Widgets) is a widget system written in Rust that lets you create your own widgets, similar to AwesomeWM. It runs independently of your window manager and uses yuck for configuration and CSS for theming. This documentation site shows how to build and run it from source, including prerequisites and separate X11 and Wayland builds.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- Rust-based widget system for creating your own widgets
- Works independently of your window manager
- Configuration in yuck with CSS theming
- Separate build options for X11 and Wayland
- Daemon and window open commands
Best for: Users prepared to install Rust tooling and build the project from source.
Watch out for
- Requires rustc, cargo and several dynamic system libraries
- Dependency package names may differ by distribution
- Compiling may need -devel variants of distribution packages
Elkowar's Wacky Widgets at a glance
- Website
- elkowar.github.io/eww
- Category
- Software & Utilities › Desktop Customization
- Type
- App
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Linux
- Details verified
- Oct 21, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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