XPClock is a lightweight, lightly-customizable clock application for Windows XP SP2 (And all versions after). It is built purely in C and Win32 API. It uses GDI for text rendering and the C standard library for the backend.
"Time is what we want most but what we use worst." - William Penn
- Download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page.
- Extract the ZIP archive to a location of your choice on your system.
- Double-click
Clock.exeto launch the application.
XPClock is open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0. See the LICENSE file for full details.
Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository, create a new branch, and submit a pull request. If you have any feature suggestions or bug reports, please open an issue.
The about box of the application, running the newest version
Version 1.5 added the ability to create a .color file to use a custom RGB color for both gradient and plain background effects.
Here is an example of a .color file.
This configuration would result in this:
XPClock is licensed under the GNU GPL v2.0. It’s free software, so feel free to modify and distribute it under the terms of the license.