Rainmeter AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Desktop Customization Tools

The best Desktop Customization alternative to Rainmeter is Seelen UI, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rainmeter and 17 are Desktop Customization Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Desktop Customization Tool alternatives to Rainmeter are XWidget, ViBox, Sidebar Diagnostics and Wigify.

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  1. Seelen UI icon
     47 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.

    12 Seelen UI alternatives

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    • Windows
     
  2. 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/

    34 XWidget alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
     
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  3. ViBox icon
     19 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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. 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.

    59 Sidebar Diagnostics alternatives

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    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Wigify icon
     10 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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    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Eww icon
     15 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.

    63 Eww alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  7. 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

    16 Übersicht alternatives

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    • Mac
     
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  8. 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.

    30 WinDynamicDesktop alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. GeekTool icon
     25 likes

    GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

    • File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity
    • Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands
    • Image mode
    20 GeekTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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  10. XMeters icon
     19 likes

    Visualizes CPU, RAM, disk, and network statistics in the Windows taskbar with a lightweight, battery-friendly design. Offers customizable appearance, quick refresh rates, and continuous monitoring for always-visible resource usage insights on desktop or laptop devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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