N-Button Lite

Designed for programmers and other experienced users, N-Button Lite is a comprehensive software application that gives you the possibility to create up to 16 widgets from scratch that you can place on your desktop to seamlessly control external devices, run applications, or send data lists and HTTP requests.

Create and customize widget features

The app's wrapped in a user-friendly interface with a neatly organized structure, where you can begin your widget project by adding elements, such as relay buttons and status, A/D meters and switches, dimmer buttons and sliders, camera widgets, labels, PTZ buttons, condition status, or customized buttons.
For each of these elements you can customize a wide range of settings, such as the button's name, action (e.g. turn on one relay, set status of all relays), bank and relay IDs, momentary duration, style, hint text, location on the screen, dimension, together with caption font and colors.

Administer actions, conditions, timers, and others

It's possible to create and manage widget actions (e.g. send data, launch program, send email, wait), conditions, timers, automation rules (e.g. time point, schedule, conditional, system event), logs (A/D input value or contact closure status) and devices.
What's more, you can apply password protection to the widget, make it automatically run at Windows startup, allow remote control from a web browser (set a port), show or hide a hotkey, apply a background image, and adjust the frame's opacity.

Evaluation and conclusion

No error messages were shown in our tests, and the app didn't hang or crash. Its impact on the machine's performance was minimal, since it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. All in all, N-Button Lite comes loaded with some advanced options for helping you design widgets. For additional features you can check out N-Button Pro.