Desktop widgets for Windows
Put a clock, the weather, your calendar, CPU and GPU stats, what's playing and a volume mixer on your desktop, laid out the way you like, on any monitor. Spacedash is free, with no account.
On your monitors
Behind your apps, or on top
Each monitor chooses: Spacedash sits on your desktop behind your windows, or stays over every window.
See-through, if you like
A transparent background shows your wallpaper between the widgets, and clicks there reach your desktop.
A layout per monitor
Arrange each screen on its own, and save setups as profiles for gaming, work or streaming.
Out of the way in games
Spacedash can pause by itself while a game is full screen or your CPU or GPU is busy. That's free.
Popular desktop widgets
Desktop widgets and Windows' Widgets board are different things
The Widgets board in Windows 11 opens as a panel from the taskbar, with Win + W, and closes again. A desktop widget stays on the desktop itself, where you put it, all the time. Spacedash does the second.
Pick your layer
For each monitor, Settings → Screens decides how Spacedash sits on it.
- Show → Desktop only: the widgets are part of the desktop, and your windows cover them.
- Show → Always: the widgets stay above every window.
- Background → Transparent: your wallpaper shows between the widgets, and a click in a gap goes through to the desktop.
- Background → Dashboard: the widgets get a background of their own.
What you can put there
Start with the everyday widgets: the clock, the weather, the calendar, and your tasks and notes. For your PC, add the CPU, GPU and memory cards or the Sensors widget. For sound, there are Now Playing, media controls and the volume mixer, and the widgets list has the rest, grouped by what they do.
One monitor or several
The free plan shows Spacedash on one screen at a time, which you choose under Settings → Screens. Premium shows it on every monitor together, each with a layout of its own.
Out of the way when you play
Widgets can stop costing resources at the right moment. Under Performance, “While you play” lets Spacedash keep running, pause or stop when another app is full screen or maximized, or when apps you list are open.
Questions
How do I add widgets to my Windows 11 desktop?
Install Spacedash, a free app, open Settings → Screens and switch on your monitor. Then, on the Layout page, drag widgets such as a clock, weather or CPU stats from the Widgets panel onto your screen.
Is there a free desktop widget app for Windows 11?
Yes. Spacedash is free on Windows 11 and 10, with 48 of its 98 built-in widgets, the layout editor, skins and your own widgets. Premium is an optional $19.99 one-time upgrade.
Can I put a system monitor on my desktop?
Yes. Spacedash has CPU, GPU, memory, disk and network widgets with live graphs, plus sensors and temperatures, all free. Game mode, with live FPS, comes with Premium.
Can widgets stay on top of other windows?
Yes. For each monitor, choose Always to keep Spacedash over every window, or Desktop only to keep it behind your apps.
Does it work on a second monitor?
Yes. Pick any monitor under Settings → Screens. Free shows Spacedash on one screen at a time; Premium runs it on all of them at once, each with its own layout.
Is Spacedash a Rainmeter alternative?
It does a similar job with a different approach: a drag-and-drop layout editor and widgets with settings panels, instead of skins written as text files. Spacedash Premium can also run Rainmeter skins.
Make your desktop yours.
Free for Windows 11 and 10. No account needed.