NerdTool

Name: NerdTool
Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

0.8.1

22 August 2011

Display shell outputs directly on your background.

Overview

NerdTool is a GeekTool-like application that displays information directly on your desktop. It can display shell outputs, such as system vitals, todo lists, and weather conditions. It has the capability of displaying text in any color, size, and font on any background of any color, and NerdTool supports the use of ANSI escape sequences to color text, so you can embellish your text with an additional 8 forground and background colors. Additionally, NerdTool allows displaying images, websites, and even Quartz composer files directly on the desktop.
Main features:

Shell support
Image support (both local and online)
Constant file monitoring
Quartz file support
Website support
Customizeable font, color, and size
Magnetic logs and other tools for layout perfection
Accepts colored (ANSI escaped) shell output
Full import/export
Auto-updating with Sparkle
Open source
100% free

What's new in NerdTool

Version 0.8.1:

Hotfix
[Fix] Adds Lion compatibility

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Filou53

24 July 2014

Broken link !

Version 0.8.1

1 answer(s)

Filou53

31 July 2014

here is a good one:
http://mutablecode.com/apps/nerdtool.html

echix

09 July 2013

NerdTool v. 0.8.1 is INTEL-only!

Version 0.8.1

Excellent Geektool replacement, we are fortunate that the developer took on this project. Easier to use, better interface, better performance with far less memory, and several new features over the original geektools - my favorite is customizable ansi escape colors. Can't figure out a way quickly get an item to refresh when tweaking a script though, have to switch to another log and back again, maybe someone can enlighten me or maybe the dev. can add a refresh button. Also would love to see an option for rounded corners.

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Version 0.8.1

Orytek

22 August 2011

Thanks for keeping this updated.

Like (3)

Version 0.8.1

Anosachenko

25 July 2011

Doesn't work under Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

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Version 0.8

Great job! Just one request: Can you make it so that "Stay On Top" places the tool above the menubar?

Version 0.7

2 answer(s)

Itistoday

27 August 2009

Woah, I just noticed a problem, this doesn't work with Spaces. It should show on all spaces but it doesn't. Also, how do we download the source? The website says it's open source but I couldn't find a link on sourceforge for it.

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Version 0.7

Balthamos

31 August 2009

I'll try to make an option so you can display things on top of the menu bar. Also, the problem involving Spaces, I believe, is out of my hands. The original Geektool suffered from this problem as well (http://projects.tynsoe.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1928). I am unsure if it is possible to fix at this time. Other than that, it should work as intended. Remember, you must assign the NerdToolRO.app (not the NerdTool.app) in your Spaces configuration. You can find the RO app by right-clicking NerdTool->Show Package Contents->Contents->Resources. As for the source code, it can be obtained through GitHub (http://wiki.github.com/balthamos/geektool-3). I will try to make it more apparent on next release.

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Version 0.7

I'm still experiencing the same problem as @MRK below. New log messages don't appear on a new line, but instead get added on the same line after previous message (if there's space). While running main app, it's all worky, but when quitting it and running the 'daemon' app, the problem appears. I'm using NerdTool 0.6 on a MacBook Pro mid 2009 OSX 10.5.7 and the log file I'm referring to (haven't tried anyone else) is the /var/log/system.log file, setup to be viewed in full screen (i.e. all the way until it hits the exposé borders on all sides).

Version 0.6

NerdTool displays the system.log file correctly when the main app is running. When I quit the app, all further lines from the log file are concatenated to the end of the last line without any breaks. When I start the app again, it redraws the log correctly with line breaks.

Version 0.6

2 answer(s)

Balthamos

05 August 2009

Thanks for the error report. It actually happens with the main app open and closed. The error has been corrected now, so expect another release in a few days.

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Version 0.6

Mrk

10 August 2009

Now working for me in 0.7. Thanks!

Version 0.7

I was looking at this as a replacement for MkConsole but 0.6 doesn't seem to respect the font size setting. It also took me a while to figure out that I have to toggle the logfile on and off before any font changes apply. This needs to be more intuitive, IMHO.

Version 0.6

3 answer(s)

Balthamos

05 August 2009

Could you give steps to reproduce this error? Text size/type/color should change immediately after you modify one of those attributes.

Version 0.6

fonginator

05 August 2009

Yup, I launched NerdTool, add /var/log/system.log to the Default group, then change the font and font size. Nothing happens after I select the font or size. However, if I toggle the checkbox for the system.log entry, the log redisplays with the new font but the size seems to be completely ignored.

Version 0.6

Balthamos

05 August 2009

Maybe the name of the log is selected (like you are renaming it)? That would yield some of the errors you are getting. Do the font size, face, and colors change in the font selection box as you are changing them? Also, does this error occur when using a Shell log as well, or is this strictly a File log problem?

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Version 0.6

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