Rainmeter AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Shell Extensions

The best Shell Extension alternative to Rainmeter is XWidget, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Rainmeter and three of them are Shell Extensions so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Shell Extension alternatives to Rainmeter are Übersicht and OpenAnima.

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  1. XWidget icon

    XWidget

     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/

    35 XWidget alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Steam
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    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.9.28) is from October 2022.

    XWidget vs Rainmeter Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    -3

    Easy to uses and easy to create my own skins and theme. awesome.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • XWidget is Freemium and ProprietaryRainmeter is Free and Open Source
  2. Übersicht icon

    Übersicht

     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

    17 Übersicht alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Übersicht vs Rainmeter Comments
    agnesnutter
    Positive
    0

    It's very flexible, and unlike the other options for Mac, it's still under active development.

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    very well made, nonintrusive

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Übersicht is Free and Open SourceRainmeter is also Free and Open Source
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    OpenAnima

     1 like

    OpenAnima is an open-source Windows desktop overlay engine for animated and static assets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    OpenAnima screenshot 1
     
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