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Nixie Clock Widget Builder

Build a glowing vacuum-tube clock for Notion, a website, or a blog. Choose the tube colors, time format, seconds, date, background, glow, and size.

how it works

Add this to Notion in under a minute

Works the same way anywhere embeds are supported — not just Notion.

1

Customize it

Pick a tube color, time format, and size above — the preview updates as you go.

2

Copy the link

Hit "Copy Link." It grabs a URL with all your settings already baked in — nothing else to configure.

3

Paste it in

In Notion, type /embed, paste the link, and press Enter. It'll appear instantly.

Also works in: Coda, Obsidian Publish, Confluence, or your own site via an <iframe> — anywhere that accepts an embed URL.

why this one

What makes this clock worth embedding

Real warm-up ignition

Tubes flicker on once when the page loads, dim then overshoot then settle — like real hardware warming up, not a looping gimmick.

Staggered, authentic flicker

Each tube flickers on its own slightly offset rhythm instead of one synchronized pulse — the difference between looking real and looking fake.

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Blinks only when it means something

The colon ticks in sync with the real second — and stays solid instead of blinking for no reason once seconds are hidden.

12

12 or 24-hour, built in

Flip the format with one toggle in the builder — no separate widget needed for either style.

faq

Questions people actually ask

I changed a color in the builder, but my Notion embed still looks the same. Why?

The builder and an already-placed embed aren't connected — there's no account behind this, so nothing is saved to sync. Changing settings updates the builder's own preview and its link, not the embed already sitting in your page. Copy the new link and swap it into the Notion block to actually change it.

What does the "Customize" pill on the clock itself do?

It's a shortcut back to this builder with your current settings already filled in, since there's no account to save them under. It opens in a new tab and never changes the clock already sitting in your page on its own.

Do I need a Notion account, or any account at all?

No. There's no login and nothing saved on our end — the link you copy contains all your settings directly, which is the entire mechanism.

Does this only work in Notion?

No — it works anywhere that accepts an embed URL: Coda, Obsidian Publish, Confluence, or your own site inside an <iframe>.

Will turning off seconds break anything?

No. Hours and minutes keep updating every second internally either way — hiding seconds just hides those two tubes, and the colon stops blinking automatically since there's nothing left for it to indicate.