Very customizable beautiful clock.

There are 2 versions exist (they may co-exist):
- Digital Clock 4 - discontinued, not recommended
- Digital Clock 5 - current version, replacement for Digital Clock 4

Digital Clock 4 final version is 4.7.9
Digital Clock 5 current version is 5.1.6

Nothing special is required to start using this clock. Just launch it and enjoy! When it starts, apart from the clock itself, a small tray icon appears. This tray icon can be used to call the clock configuration dialog. Also this dialog can be called using clock context menu.

Sources (v5) are hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/Kolcha/DigitalClock5

You can create your own skin! See this link for details: https://sourceforge.net/p/digitalclock4/wiki/How%20to%20create%20skin/

NOTE: do NOT download any .rar or .exe files marked as my software, these files are NOT made by me and I'm not responsible for their content

Features

  • skins
  • zoom
  • signals
  • autostart with system boot
  • any clock color
  • gradient instead of color
  • texture instead of color
  • plugins
  • Retina (HiDPI) display ready
  • multiple monitors support
  • multiple time zones
  • windows portable

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License

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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User Reviews

  • Excellent desktop clock & day/date app. Only the features that are needed: no fluff, no junk. Small issue: unlit segments of 7-segment numeric display are always visible, although faded
    Reply from Digital Clock 4
    Posted 2025-05-15
    thanks for the review! the mentioned faded segments are part of the skin, I'll include new skin without them in the next version, as some users contacted me with the same complaints
  • Custom backgrounds are so cool ! I hope to add the alarm clock plugin as soon as possible.This is an important feature.
    Reply from Digital Clock 4
    Posted 2025-02-04
    I understand that alarm is quite important feature, but unfortunately this is unlikely be added because it will be completely useless and unreliable. nowadays most of the systems (especially Windows) goes to "deep sleep" mode if computer "left alone", in this case the only working time source is RTC (hardware clock), and only low-level OS stuff has access to it, whatever apps are just doesn't work. so, implementing alarm clock in regular app is just unreliable - it will not do its job if computer will be in sleep mode. the only only way I see - to use system-provided clock/alarm apps for that purpose, but also test them several times before "relying on them", as who knows what's behind them (especially taking into account various "sandbox" technologies common for "app-store apps"). and it is very unlikely that the regular app can get access to RTC, and even more somehow wake-up computer when it needs, such operations are privileged by design, only very few system-specific utilities can get access to it. preventing sleeping is not an option, and this is also will be privileged operation too. and who wants to run some small unknown 3rd-party app in privileged mode or have some hidden privileged system services running for that purpose (this is a common hack nowadays)? so, all these things lead to very complicated platform-specific implementation and still provide almost no reliability, hence it just doesn't worth (especially taking into account the fact that I'm not a Windows developer).
  • Thanks for your app, it's great. There are just not enough hotkeys to hide the time or hide in full screen mode in games and watching movies in the browser.
    Reply from Digital Clock 4
    Posted 2025-01-02
    thanks for the review! there is an option that controls clock behavior in full screen mode ("show in fullscreen mode"), you can can disable it, then clock will not appear in fullscreen apps (at least it should). unfortunately, it is too problematic to implement some global hotkeys, library I used for this purpose previously seems not maintained anymore and barely usable now.
  • Thanks for writing such a great clock program,Looking forward to version 5.0 to support Electronic Empty skins! After using version 4.0 for a while, I've noticed that the clock's position doesn't remain fixed when the screen resolution changes. Each time I connect my laptop to a monitor, the clock shifts, and I have to readjust its position. It would be much more convenient if the clock could maintain its absolute position across different screen resolutions.( I currently set at 75% of the screen height and horizontally centered, windows version) I hope version 5.0 can address this issue. Thank you again for your dedication!
    Reply from Digital Clock 4
    Posted 2024-12-23
    you can get "electronic empty" skin from Digital Clock 4 just by downloading all the files from here https://github.com/Kolcha/DigitalClock4/tree/master/digital_clock/resources/electronic_empty old skins are completely supported. what about "resolution independent" position, good idea, will see what I do here and how.
  • Thanks for being there much appreciated!!! Works great and reliable!
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

English, Chinese (Simplified), Russian

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Qt

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Desktop Environment Software, C++ Alarm Clocks

Registered

2013-06-18