Rainmeter Alternatives

Rainmeter is described as 'Enhance your Windows with customizable skins showcasing system resources, and more. Enjoy privacy-focused features, lightweight performance, and no ads' and is a leading desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rainmeter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Wayland and Android apps. The best Rainmeter alternative is Seelen UI, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rainmeter are Libre Hardware Monitor, Conky, ViBox and Wigify.

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Rainmeter alternatives are mainly Desktop Customization Tools, but if you're looking for System Information Utilities or Wallpapers Hubs you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Android, Mac + Desktop Customization, Desktop Customization, Windows and Windows + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Rainmeter.
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    Moo0 System Monitor

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    Lets you keep your eye on system resource usages of your PC. It supports 43 kinds of information including CPU, Memory, Network, and detailed HDD usages, so you may discover what's limiting your system performance in each occasion.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    From the official webpage
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    screenstyler

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    It's a little something we made to make Windows customization easier. ScreenStyler has an intuitive UI and combines several apps and resources for fast, awesome results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    screenstyler screenshot 1
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    GKrellM

     20 likes

    GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its appearance to your window manager, Gtk, or any other theme.

    26 GKrellM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    GKrellM screenshot 1
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    RainWallpaper

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    RainWallpaper is a powerful live wallpaper engine that allows you to use various types of customizable animated wallpapers on your Windows desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    RainWallpaper screenshot 1
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    iPulse

     5 likes

    Visualizes live CPU, memory, network, disk, battery, and wireless usage on macOS using a compact, customizable interface, blending data graphically and textually on desktop, menu bar, or Dock, with Retina support, hotkeys, and minimal system impact.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    iPulse screenshot 1
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  9. Superlayer icon

    Superlayer

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    Superlayer is the easiest way to create delightful widgets for your Mac in no time. Choose from a variety of gorgeous pre-designed widgets — all highly customizable — and place them anywhere you want, directly onto your screen.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • European Union flagEU
    Superlayer screenshot 1
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    LibreDiagnostics

     2 likes

    A desktop utility for real-time hardware monitoring and diagnostics.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
    LibreDiagnostics screenshot 1
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    nwg-wrapper

     2 likes

    This program is a GTK3-based wrapper to display a script output, or a text file content on the desktop in sway or other wlroots-based compositors. It uses the gtk-layer-shell library to place the window on the bottom layer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Wayland
    nwg-wrapper screenshot 1
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    AGS

     3 likes

    A framework for crafting Wayland Desktop Shells.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK
    • Typescript
    • Wayland
    https://github.com/ezerinz/epik-shell
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    WinBar

     3 likes

    WinBar is a free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls. WinBar will run on Windows 2000 and newer operating systems and is available in 32 and 64 bit flavors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WinBar screenshot 1
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