pqrs-org / truewidget

TrueWidget

TrueWidget displays macOS version, CPU usage and local time on screen at all times.

The advantages of this application are as follows:

• Check macOS version and host name at a glance when using multiple versions of macOS on your Mac.
• The CPU usage can be monitored not only by instantaneous usage, which can vary widely, but also by a moving average, which is less likely to be blurred, to determine recent trends.
• The local time can be displayed in a size that is easy to read unlike the time on the menu bar, which is not legible when using high resolution.

Web pages

https://truewidget.pqrs.org/

System requirements

macOS 11 Big Sur or later

How to build

System Requirements:

• macOS 13.0+
• Xcode 14.1+
• Command Line Tools for Xcode
• XcodeGen
• create-dmg

Steps

1. Get source code by executing a following command in Terminal.app.

   git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/pqrs-org/TrueWidget.git
   cd TrueWidget
   git submodule update --init --recursive --depth 1

2. Find your codesign identity if you have one.
   (Skip this step if you don't have your codesign identity.)

   security find-identity -p codesigning -v | grep 'Developer ID Application'

   The result is as follows.

   1) 8D660191481C98F5C56630847A6C39D95C166F22 "Developer ID Application: Fumihiko Takayama (G43BCU2T37)"
   

   Your codesign identity is 8D660191481C98F5C56630847A6C39D95C166F22 in the above case.

3. Set environment variable to use your codesign identity.
   (Skip this step if you don't have your codesign identity.)

   export PQRS_ORG_CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=8D660191481C98F5C56630847A6C39D95C166F22

4. Build a package by executing a following command in Terminal.app.

   cd TrueWidget
   make clean all

   Then, TrueWidget-VERSION.dmg has been created in the current directory. It's a distributable package.

   Note: If you don't have codesign identity, the dmg works only on your machine.

truewidget's Issues

Setting to hide (or show) on modifier down

Let me just start by saying this is a brilliantly conceived little app. The auto-hide on hover is pure genius. In that vein, I would love to see an extra setting to hide (or show) on modifier_down, with a configurable delay in order to avoid flickering when the modifier is used to trigger shortcuts.