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Design desktop HUDs visually. Ship real Conky themes.

Conky Studio is a visual system designer for Conky: a node graph for data, logic, and drawing; a live preview driven by a real Conky process; and a build step that writes a normal theme folder. What you preview is what you export.

Page	What it covers
Getting Started	First launch, first widget, tabs, canvas size
Features	Comprehensive feature list by area
FAQ	Short answers to common questions
Sharing Projects & JSON	Project JSON vs built themes; what to send
Store & Community	In-app Store, OpenDesktop, community packs
Plugins	Install, trust, authoring overview
Legacy Import	Import conf + TEXT + Lua (limitations included)
Troubleshooting	App, preview, session, hardware
Troubleshooting Themes	Manager, start.sh, blank HUDs, paths
Support	Discord, YouTube, sponsors
Compatibility	X11, Wayland, Compositors, sensors, etc
Node Reference	Sources, logic, visuals, plugins
Legacy Importer Internals	Conversion rules
Theme Architecture & Codegen	Build pipeline
Custom Lua API	Drawing engine
Store & Packaging	Distribution standards
Requirements	Install conky and tools that make specific nodes work
Runtime Performance	How the tool and nodes do not affects performance
Packaging	How the Appimage runs on different desktop sessions and compositors
Theme Layout	start.sh and theme.json and why they exist
Canvas Performance	Draw rates and Sensor refresh
Quick links

• Video showcase
• Discord
• YouTube — @BobbyComet

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Core idea in one paragraph

You place Source nodes (system data), optional Logic nodes (math, thresholds, smoothing), and Visual nodes (gauges, text, shapes). Wires carry data. Build writes start.sh, conky.conf, render.lua, and scripts under a theme folder. Live Preview runs that same pipeline in a real Conky instance, not a mock canvas.