Community / add-on widgets for Vardek — the macOS dashboard for the Corsair Xeneon Edge. Get the app first: vardekapp/Vardek · vardek.app.
The Vardek app ships with a curated set of built-in widgets. This repo holds add-on widgets you can install after the fact — no app update, no rebuild. Vardek scans a user widgets directory alongside its bundled ones, so dropping a widget folder in and rescanning is all it takes.
| Widget | id | Size | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day/Night Map | com.vardek.day-night |
8×2 | World map with a live day/night terminator and UTC-offset time ticks. Pure client-side solar math, no network. |
| LCD Watch | com.vardek.lcd-watch |
4×2 / 2×1 | Retro Casio F-91W–style digital clock — seven-segment time/date with ghost segments, blinking colon, backlight toggle. Local clock, no network. |
| Life Progress | com.vardek.life-progress |
8×2 / 4×2 | Horizontal progress bars — life, year, month, week, day. Pure client-side, no network. |
| Earthquake Monitor | com.vardek.earthquake |
8×2 | World map of recent quakes, colored by magnitude — tap a quake for details (USGS, keyless). |
| ISS Tracker | com.vardek.iss |
8×2 | Standalone world map with the ISS's live position, trail, and projected orbit — accurate SGP4 from Celestrak TLE (keyless). |
| Space Launch Schedule | com.vardek.space-launch |
4×2 / 8×2 | Upcoming rocket launches with color-coded live countdowns (Launch Library 2, keyless). |
Option A — script (easiest):
git clone https://github.com/vardekapp/vardek-widgets
cd vardek-widgets
./install-addon.sh com.vardek.day-nightThe script copies the folder to ~/Library/Application Support/Vardek/widgets/
and rescans the running daemon. Then open Admin (http://127.0.0.1:8137/admin),
find the widget, and place it.
Option B — manual:
- In Vardek Admin, click Reveal on the widget library — this opens
~/Library/Application Support/Vardek/widgets/in Finder. - Copy the widget folder (e.g.
com.vardek.day-night/) into it. - Click Rescan in Admin. The widget appears in the library — place it.
Either way: no app reinstall, no restart.
Delete the widget folder from ~/Library/Application Support/Vardek/widgets/ and
click Rescan (or remove it from your layout in Admin first).
See AUTHORING.md for the widget contract (manifest, settings, sizes) and the runtime constraints. PRs adding new widgets are welcome.
Add-on widgets are HTML/JS that run in Vardek's sandboxed iframe (opaque origin, CSP, network calls confined to a per-widget proxy allowlist). The sandbox limits what a widget can do, but a widget can still use the capabilities it declares (network hosts in its manifest, any secrets you grant it in Admin) — treat installing one like installing a browser extension. Only install widgets whose source you're comfortable with. Everything here is source-viewable — read before you install.
Widgets and tooling in this repo: MIT. The Vardek app itself is a separate, closed-source product.