Duckboard vs Themia

Duckboard is a desktop app for turning selected website sections into live, interactive widgets arranged in dashboards. Users can capture parts of websites or build custom widgets with HTML or embed code. Its preset library contains more than 1,900 options, with examples for YouTube, X, weather and productivity tools. The site also shows dashboard examples for morning, learning, building and finance workflows, and describes the app as private by design. Downloads are available for macOS and Windows: Mac support covers Apple silicon chips M1, M2, M3, M4 or newer, as well as Intel-based Macs; the Windows download is for 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 PCs. The download page says the app is free to download and requires no sign-up or credit card. The Free plan includes one dashboard, up to three widgets and email support. Extended is a one-time upgrade costing $29 as a one-time purchase, with one dashboard, unlimited widgets and email support.

Themia is a Windows desktop widget app for arranging information and tools on a computer desktop. It supports Windows 10 and Windows 11, and its library lists 50 widgets across six categories, including office, online, system, layout and utility widgets. Users can create separate desktop layouts and switch between them. Widgets support actions such as resizing, scrolling, checking off tasks, composing email and controlling music playback. Listed connections include Google, Microsoft, IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV, OneDrive, GitHub, Claude, RSS and weather services. The app runs locally and works offline, although email, calendar and weather widgets need internet access to refresh. The maker says settings, notes, layouts, files and connected-account data remain on the user's computer. Credentials and OAuth tokens are encrypted at rest with Windows DPAPI, and data sent by Themia travels over TLS. The Free plan includes 10 widgets and two screens. Pro costs $19, paid once and adds unlimited widgets and screens, use on up to five devices, updates within v1.x and priority support.