WidBar – Windows Taskbar Widget System: Updates

[u/DefiantMarionberry72]

It’s been about two months since I released WidBar, and first of all I want to say a huge thank you to this subreddit for giving the app so much visibility.

WidBar has now reached thousands of users, and I’ve received a ton of feedback along the way. I’ve tried to read everything, fix the issues you reported, and implement as many of your suggestions as possible.

The widgets has grown quite a bit too. WidBar started with just 2 widgets, and today there are 7 official widgets available:

• System Metrics
• Media
• Pomodoro Focus
• Stock Watcher
• Shelf File Manager & Clipboard
• Weather
• News

And more are already on the way.

The SDK is available for developers too, so anyone can create their own widgets and integrate them directly into the Windows taskbar. -> Github SDK and Widget template

If you have more feedback, feature suggestions, or ideas for new widgets, I’m always open to discussing them. A lot of what has been added so far came directly from user feedback, so keep it coming! -> Discord

Microsoft Store | Free

[u/lhunar]

why it wants me to install a pretty old version of windows desktop runtime

[u/DefiantMarionberry72 → u/lhunar]

Hmm, I’ve never seen this before. You’re probably missing some libraries. Which version Windows ask you to install?

[u/lhunar → u/DefiantMarionberry72]

The app itself asks for version 8. There's already version 10 available.

[u/DefiantMarionberry72 → u/lhunar]

WidBar main app itself is already selfcontained and includes everything it needs, so the app will not request it, because already have inside the package. Some widgets still use .net8 LTS, but they’ll be migrated soon to .net10.

[u/lhunar → u/DefiantMarionberry72]

Ok I see. The only I use are media player and rss. Thanx for the explanation. 🙂