Rainmeter AlternativesTop Desktop Customization Tools & System Information Utilities like Rainmeter

One of the most popular alternatives to Rainmeter is Seelen UI, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Libre Hardware Monitor, Conky, ViBox and Wigify. Desktop Customization Tools like Rainmeter are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android.

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  1. Seelen UI icon
     54 likes

    Web-based customizable desktop environment integrated with Windows 10/11 offers tiling window manager, intuitive configuration, widget and menu adjustments, theme personalization, taskbar layout options, wallpaper management, streamlined multitasking, and workflow optimization.

    18 Seelen UI alternatives

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    • Windows
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  2. Conky icon
     169 likes

    Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop. Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conkys torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0.

    35 Conky alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. ViBox icon
     21 likes

    Make your desktop truly yours with the power of wide-ranging personalization options offered by ViBox. We believe that your desktop should reflect your style, needs, and preferences, and that's why we've crafted a widget experience that goes beyond the ordinary.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. Wigify icon
     11 likes

    A desktop app that lets you create and display custom HTML/CSS/JS widgets right on your desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  5. Offers at-a-glance hardware monitoring for CPU, RAM, GPU, network, and drives through a customizable sidebar with alerts, hotkey support, multi-DPI compatibility, an integrated clock, themes, and clear graphical statistics on the Windows desktop.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  6. Eww icon
     18 likes

    Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.

    71 Eww alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Linux
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  7. DeskDash icon
     7 likes

    DeskDash turns your Windows desktop background into a live dashboard of widgets that sit behind your open windows. Build your own or install from a secure community-based marketplace.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  8. XWidget icon
     38 likes

    XWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It’s light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very subtle animations. The Android page is found here: http://android.xwidget.com/

    40 XWidget alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
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  9. Uwidgets icon
     12 likes

    Offers MacOS 15-style customizable, interactive widgets for Windows, including weather, calendar, notes, reminders, and a comprehensive system monitor. Features real-time blur, resizable widgets, grid snapping, multiple themes, accent colors, and offline local operation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. Übersicht icon
     20 likes

    Übersicht lets you run system commands and display their output on your desktop in little containers, called widgets. Widgets are written using HTML5, which means they

    25 Übersicht alternatives

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    • Mac
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  11. This app ports the Dynamic Desktop feature from macOS Mojave to Windows 10. It uses your location to get the times of sunrise and sunset each day, and rotates through the 16 Mojave wallpaper images throughout the day and night.

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