Software · Education & science

Retro

Retro is a home screen widgets, available on Linux.

Limited free plan
Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Limited free planconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Excerpt from docs.github.com, read on 8 November 2026
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License: GPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub
Publisher: Sonny Piers
Latest version: 2.2 (13 October 2025)
Latest activity: 13 October 2025
Source code: retro.sonny.re/source

At a glance

Retro offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Plans and conditions

Free plan: basic features are free; others are reserved for paid plans.
Premium content: part of the content is reserved for subscribers.
Paid subscriptions from 4 $ per month (price read on the official page).

Strengths

Open source code
No credit card asked
Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

Limited free plan

About

Retro is a retro digital segment clock that can be customized. It can be used in the background, maximized or as an always on top widget. Supported features: 24h/12h format styling with CSS restore window size maximized, fullscreen and tiling

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (limits, free status, commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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