WinBar Alternatives

WinBar is described as 'Free and compact program that lets you monitor your system and provides easy access to frequently used controls. WinBar will run on Windows 2000 and newer operating systems and is available in 32 and 64 bit flavors' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WinBar for Windows, Mac, Linux, Flathub and Mono. The best WinBar alternative is Rainmeter, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinBar are Open Hardware Monitor, HWMonitor, Uwidgets and Core Temp.

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WinBar alternatives page was last updated Feb 2, 2025
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  1. Rainmeter icon
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    Transform your Windows desktop with customizable skins for displaying system resources, weather updates, RSS feeds, and more. Community-driven, Rainmeter offers real-time data monitoring, enhanced aesthetics, and privacy-focused features. Its portable design requires no installation and includes a dark mode.

    33 Rainmeter alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight
    3.  Support for Themes
    4.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Widgets
    2.  Customize skin
    3.  CPU Monitoring
    4.  Custom widgets
    5.  Live Wallpapers
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Hardware Monitoring
    9.  Desktop Widget
    10.  No registration required
    11.  Colored Text
    12.  Support for Multiple Monitors

    Rainmeter VS WinBar

     
    • Rainmeter is the most popular Windows alternative to WinBar.

    • Rainmeter is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinBar.

    • Rainmeter is Free and Open SourceWinBar is also Free and Open Source
    • Rainmeter is Customizable and LightweightWinBar is not according to our users
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    The Open Hardware Monitor is a free open source software that monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds of a computer.

    74 Open Hardware Monitor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mono
    Discontinued

    There has not been any code change since December 2020, also the community now wonders if it is abandoned: https://github.com/openhardwaremonitor/openhardwaremonitor/issues/1471 There also seems to be a fork called LibreHardwareMonitor (which is already listed as an alternative) and appears to be the most active fork right now.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Temperature Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Voltage monitoring
    4.  Portable
    5.  Fan Speed
    6.  No installation required
    7.  History graphs
    8.  Command line interface
    9.  Export to CSV
    10.  Sensors

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  3. HWMonitor icon
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    HWMonitor for Windows® x86/x64 is a hardware monitoring program that reads PC system's main health sensors : voltages, temperatures, powers, currents, fans speed, utilization, clock speeds…

    32 HWMonitor alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HWMonitor Features

    1.  CPU temperature
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Temperature Monitoring

    HWMonitor VS WinBar

     
    Comments about HWMonitor as an Alternative to WinBar
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    Negative Aug 26, 2018
    0

    This is for board level statistics and WinBar is for userspace statistics.

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    • HWMonitor is Freemium and ProprietaryWinBar is Free and Open Source
  4. Uwidgets icon
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    Bring MacOS 15 inspired interactive and customizable widgets on your Windows Home Screen. Comes with realtime blur as in Original MacOS.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Uwidgets Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Widgets
    3.  Custom widgets

    Uwidgets VS WinBar

     
    Comments about Uwidgets as an Alternative to WinBar
    Guest
    Negative Feb 2, 2025
    -1

    it's a weather app and Winbar is a system monitoring tool

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    • Uwidgets is Free and Open SourceWinBar is also Free and Open Source
  5. Core Temp icon
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    Core Temp is a compact, no fuss, small footprint, yet powerful program to monitor processor temperature and other vital information.

    44 Core Temp alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Bundleware

    The installation may contain adwares. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/

    Core Temp Features

    1.  CPU temperature
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  AMD
    4.  Sensors
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Portable
    8.  Taskbar temperature

    Core Temp VS WinBar

     
  6. fan-control icon
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    Control your fans with different behaviors.

    35 fan-control alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Fan Speed

    fan-control VS WinBar

     
    • fan-control is the most popular Linux alternative to WinBar.

    • fan-control is Free and Open SourceWinBar is also Free and Open Source
    • fan-control is LightweightWinBar is not according to our users
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    GST is a GTK system utility designed to stress and monitor various hardware components like CPU and RAM.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GtkStressTesting Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Stress Testing
    4.  RAM Monitoring

    GtkStressTesting VS WinBar

     
  8. Real Temp icon
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    Real Temp is a temperature monitoring program designed for all Intel single Core, Dual Core, Quad Core and Core i7 processors.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Real Temp Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring

    Real Temp VS WinBar

     
  9. Argus Monitor icon
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    Monitoring temperatures and status of system components such as CPU, GPU and hard disk drive, fan speeds

    37 Argus Monitor alternatives

    License model

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Argus Monitor Features

    1.  Fan Speed
    2.  Hardware Monitoring
    3.  Performance Monitoring
    4.  Temperature Monitoring
    5.  Support for S.M.A.R.T. data

    Argus Monitor VS WinBar

     
    • Argus Monitor is the most popular commercial alternative to WinBar.

    • Argus Monitor is Paid and ProprietaryWinBar is Free and Open Source
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    AMD System Monitor is a comprehensive application which displays all the information about your system AMD products (and Intel CPU). It generally provides the overall functionality of GPU and x86 workloads.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AMD System Monitor Features

    1.  CPU Monitoring
    2.  GPU Monitoring

    AMD System Monitor VS WinBar

     
  11. Fanny icon
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    Fanny is a free Notification Center Widget and Menu Bar application to monitor your Macs fans.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Fanny Features

    1.  Hardware Monitoring
    2.  GPU Monitoring
    3.  CPU temperature
    4.  Fan Speed

    Fanny VS WinBar

     
    • Fanny is the most popular Mac alternative to WinBar.

    • Fanny is Free and Open SourceWinBar is also Free and Open Source
  12. smcFanControl icon
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    smcFanControl is the perfect application for all those Macbook owners getting burned by their hot-running Macbook.

    35 smcFanControl alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    Not updated for many years, does not work on new hardware

    smcFanControl Features

    1.  Fan Speed
    2.  Image Sharing

    smcFanControl VS WinBar

     
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