# Custom widget addon

**URL:** https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/custom-widget-addon/93
**Category:** Addons
**Created:** [June 21, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/custom-widget-addon/93 "2018-06-21T22:02:07Z")
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### Author: ![aalbinson](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.getcockpit.com/aalbinson/32/42_2.png) [@aalbinson](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/u/aalbinson)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://discourse.getcockpit.com/t/custom-widget-addon/93/1 "2018-06-21T22:02:07Z")

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I spent a little bit of time building a custom widget starter for the dashboard. I plan to create a more elaborate dashboard with multiple dash items. I’m still new to cockpit and I’m mostly guessing creating this, happy to get feedback and hope we can build on this together.

> **[aaronalbinson/cockpit\_customwidget](https://github.com/aaronalbinson/cockpit_customwidget)**
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> A base for a custom widget in cockpit. Contribute to aaronalbinson/cockpit\_customwidget development by creating an account on GitHub.