Comparison of widget engines
Engine Mac OS X Windows NT5 ( XP ) Windows NT6 ( Vista , 7/8/10+ ) Linux Android
Adobe AIR Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
AveDesk No Yes Yes No ?
Dashboard Yes No No No ?
DesktopX No Yes Yes No ?
gDesklets No No No Yes ?
Google Desktop Gadgets Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Kapsules No Yes ? No ?
KlipFolio No Yes Yes No ?
Microsoft Gadgets No No Yes No ?
NetFront No No No No ?
Netvibes Dashboard bridge Using browser Using browser Using browser ?
Opera Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Plasma Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Screenlets No No No Yes ?
Serious Samurize No Yes Yes No ?
SuperKaramba No No No Yes ?
WebKit ? ? ? ? ?
WidSets No No No No ?
Yahoo ! Widgets No Yes Yes No No
Engine Mac OS X Windows XP ( NT5 ) Windows ( NT6 ) Vista+ Linux Android
Operating system support
This is a comparison of widget engines. This article is not about widget toolkits that are used in computer programming to build graphical user interfaces.