Alternatives to BeWidgets
Windows 11 desktop widget app for time, weather, photos and shortcuts. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
BeWidgets
Windows 11 desktop widget app for time, weather, photos and shortcuts.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as BeWidgets.
Windows Web Experience Pack
Microsoft's native app powering the Windows 11 widgets board.
Windows Web Experience Pack is Microsoft's own component behind the Windows 11 widgets board, so it stays compatible with updates but only offers widgets Microsoft supports natively.
GadgetPack
Brings back classic Windows Vista and 7 desktop gadgets on Windows 10 and 11.
GadgetPack brings back classic Vista and 7 desktop gadgets on Windows 10 and 11, with a large existing gadget library, but relies on the discontinued Windows Gadgets platform.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Fountain of Colors
Customizable Rainmeter audio visualizer with many presets.
Windhawk
Apply small modifications to Windows and applications through a mod manager.
WindowBlinds
Skinning software that reskins Windows window frames and the taskbar.
Rectify11
Fixes visual inconsistencies in the Windows 11 interface for a more uniform look.
Fences
A Windows utility that organizes desktop icons into shaded, resizable groups that can roll up.
