ClocX 64-bit for Windows

Skinable time display

ClocX 64-bit is a free desktop clock application that runs as a lightweight background process and renders an on-screen time display using clock skins and layered graphic assets. It runs as a native 64-bit Windows executable and attaches a movable clock window to the desktop without replacing the system tray clock. 

ClocX 64-bit loads configuration data from local files and applies runtime adjustments, like transparency control, scaling, and positioning, via internal rendering parameters. It includes built-in modules for alarm scheduling, calendar display, and time zone selection, with multilingual resource files for interface text and menu labels across multiple supported languages.

ClocX 64-bit rendering engine reads clock skins as images and configuration sets that define dial layout, hand movement, and animation behavior. Each skin is parsed at load time and mapped to layered draw calls for the clock face and indicators. The window remains borderless and draggable, with zoom parameters that scale assets proportionally. Skin switching occurs without restarting the executable, but unsupported or malformed skins can fail to load.

Clock rendering

The alarm scheduler stores trigger times and recurrence rules in local configuration entries and runs background checks against the system clock. When conditions match, it executes alert actions, such as playing assigned audio files. The transparency control module adjusts window opacity via layered attributes. Extreme opacity settings can reduce readability. However, alarm actions depend on valid file paths and do not include advanced conditional logic.

The calendar panel is implemented as a simple date grid tied to the system locale and regional settings. It displays month and day values without external synchronization. The time zone selector displays offsets using predefined zone tables rather than querying online services. Language switching loads bundled language packs and updates menu strings after reload. No network update mechanism or plugin framework is included in the base package.

Standalone timekeeping

ClocX 64-bit runs as a standalone Windows desktop executable with skin-based rendering, local alarm scheduling, calendar lookup, and manual time zone offset handling. Configuration is file-driven and applied at runtime without service dependencies. Limitations include a lack of network time synchronization, no plugin API, and dependency on correctly formatted skin packages. Alarm logic and calendar data remain locally scoped and structurally simple.