Best Rainmeter Alternatives

Rainmeter is described as 'allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity' and is a very popular desktop customization tool in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Rainmeter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best Rainmeter alternative is Sidebar Diagnostics, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rainmeter are Libre Hardware Monitor, Conky, XWidget and XMeters.

Rainmeter alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities but may also be Desktop Customization Tools or Network Monitors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Rainmeter.

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Sidebar Diagnostics
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
40 Sidebar Diagnostics alternatives
SidebarDiagnostics - A simple sidebar for Windows desktop that displays hardware diagnostic information.
- - Sidebar Diagnostics is the most popular Windows alternative to Rainmeter.
- - Sidebar Diagnostics is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Rainmeter.
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Sidebar Diagnostics Features
1. PortableSidebar Diagnostics can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Temperature Monitoring
Real-time monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
Configurable
Fan Speed
Opinions about Sidebar Diagnostics as a Alternative to Rainmeter
Almost everyone thinks Sidebar Diagnostics is a great Rainmeter alternative.
Libre Hardware Monitor
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Windows
.NET Framework
15 Libre Hardware Monitor alternatives
Libre Hardware Monitor, a fork of Open Hardware Monitor , is free software that can monitor the temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of your computer.
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Libre Hardware Monitor Features
1. LightweightLibre Hardware Monitor consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Temperature Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Voltage monitoring
Conky
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
BSD
23 Conky alternatives
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.
- - Conky is the most popular Linux alternative to Rainmeter.
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Conky Features
1. Command line interfaceConky either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
2. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in Conky without registration.
3. LightweightConky consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. Ad-freeConky doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
5. Support for Multiple MonitorsConky supports the use of multiple displays.
Performance Monitoring
Hardware Monitoring
Geeky
Comments about Conky as a Alternative to Rainmeter
Some users think Conky is a great Rainmeter alternative, some don't.
Guest
Conky lacks a main repository for adding/removing desktop widgets, nor maintains any central database of them.
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XWidget
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Freemium • Proprietary
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
Android
Android Tablet
Steam
25 XWidget alternatives
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/
- - XWidget is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Rainmeter.
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XWidget Features
1. LightweightXWidget consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
2. PortableXWidget can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Configurable
Desktop Widget
Comments about XWidget as a Alternative to Rainmeter
Most users think XWidget is a great Rainmeter alternative.
Guest
Easy to uses and easy to create my own skins and theme. awesome.
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XMeters
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Freemium • Proprietary
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
17 XMeters alternatives
Taskbar System Monitoring for Windows.
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XMeters Features
Sits in the System Tray
Hardware Monitoring
Übersicht
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
Shell Extension
Mac
8 Übersicht alternatives
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
- - Übersicht is the most popular Mac alternative to Rainmeter.
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Übersicht Features
Customizable
Widgets
Desktop Widget
Stats
Configurable
Community-based
Chromium-based Browsers
Low CPU usage
Applescript
Custom widgets
Comments about Übersicht as a Alternative to Rainmeter
Most users think Übersicht is a great Rainmeter alternative.
agnesnutter
It's very flexible, and unlike the other options for Mac, it's still under active development.
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Guest
very well made, nonintrusive
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hwinfo
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Linux
102 hwinfo alternatives
hwinfo/libhd are used to probe for the hardware present in the system. It can be used to generate a system overview log which can be later used for support.
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hwinfo Features
1. Command line interfacehwinfo either have CLI support or is a CLI-only app.
Hardware Monitoring
MenuMeters for El Capitan
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Network Monitor
Mac
36 MenuMeters for El Capitan alternatives
This is a port to OS X El Capitan 10.11 of MenuMeters by Alex Harper.
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MenuMeters for El Capitan Features
Temperature Monitoring
CPU temperature
Hardware Monitoring
CPU Monitoring
WinDynamicDesktop
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
Windows
23 WinDynamicDesktop alternatives
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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Eww
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Free • Open Source
Desktop Customization Tool
Linux
34 Eww alternatives
Elkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.
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Eww Features
1. Support for scriptingEww supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Widgets
Customizable
Custom widgets
Configurable
Gtk
Rust
GKrellM
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Free • Open Source
System Information Utility
Mac
Windows
Linux
19 GKrellM alternatives
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.
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GKrellM Features
Hardware Monitoring
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Most users think GKrellM is a great Rainmeter alternative.
Desktop Info
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
18 Desktop Info alternatives
This little application displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other desktop information tools. Unlike others, this application looks like wallpaper but stays resident in memory and continues to update the display in real time.
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Desktop Info Features
1. PortableDesktop Info can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Hardware Monitoring