Rainmeter Alternatives for Linux
Rainmeter is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Conky, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rainmeter and six of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Rainmeter are Eww, GKrellM, hwinfo and gDesklets.
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Rainmeter alternatives are mainly System Information Utilities, but if you're looking for Desktop Customization Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac + Desktop Customization. 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.- Desktop Customization Tool
- Free • Open Source
25 Conky alternativesConky 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 VS Rainmeter
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53 Eww alternativesElkowars Wacky Widgets is a standalone widget system made in Rust that allows you to implement your own, custom widgets in any window manager.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
- Linux
Eww VS Rainmeter
Comments about Eww as an Alternative to Rainmeter
No graphic EQ Plays with transparent background and is fully customizable.
20 GKrellM alternativesGKrellM 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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
GKrellM Features
GKrellM VS Rainmeter
117 hwinfo alternativeshwinfo/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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
- Germany
- EU
Platforms
- Linux
hwinfo Features
hwinfo VS Rainmeter
16 gDesklets alternativesgDesklets is an architecture for "desklets", which are tiny applets sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness.
DiscontinuedThe project is no longer developed and the official website is no longer available. Last version, 0.36.3, released in January 2011, can be still downloaded from Launchpad
gDesklets Features
gDesklets VS Rainmeter
12 nwg-wrapper alternativesThis 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.
nwg-wrapper VS Rainmeter
Conky lacks a main repository for adding/removing desktop widgets, nor maintains any central database of them.