Rainmeter Alternatives for Linux
Rainmeter is not available for Linux but there are a few 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 four of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Rainmeter are GKrellM (Free, Open Source), hwinfo (Free, Open Source) and gDesklets (Free, Open Source).
- 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. View 20 alternatives to Conky
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
Conky vs Rainmeter
Conky lacks a main repository for adding/removing desktop widgets, nor maintains any central database of them. - 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. View 16 alternatives to GKrellM
- 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. View 87 alternatives to hwinfo
- gDesklets is an architecture for "desklets", which are tiny applets sitting on your desktop in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. View 13 alternatives to gDesklets
Discontinued
The 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
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD