Rainmeter

Spec sheet

License

Rainmeter is open source software distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license.Read 4 Oct 2026 · rainmeter.net

Community support

Rainmeter documentation directs users to its forum, an unofficial Discord channel, and a web-based IRC channel for help.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Custom skin authoring

Users can create and edit skins using Rainmeter's skin language, meters, measures, plugins, and Lua scripting.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Desktop customization

Rainmeter displays customizable desktop skins, from hardware usage meters to audio visualizers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · rainmeter.net

Low resource use

The maker says Rainmeter uses very little hardware resources and runs well on PCs using Windows 7 through Windows 11.Read 4 Oct 2026 · rainmeter.net

Management and diagnostics

The Manage interface loads and unloads skins, controls settings, and saves layouts, while the About window can show logs, measure values, and application and plugin status.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Media players

NowPlaying can retrieve track information and control supported players including AIMP, iTunes, Winamp, and Windows Media Player; some players require extra plugins or have partial support.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Portable installation

Portable installation keeps program, skin, and settings files in a chosen folder and makes no changes to the Windows Registry or Start menu.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Recovery

Safe Start unloads active skins and loads the default Illustro layout if a skin prevents Rainmeter from starting or causes it to crash on startup.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Skin features

Skins can show system information, RSS feeds and weather, keep notes and to-do lists, launch applications, and control media players.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Web data

Rainmeter measures and plugins can gather information from the system or the internet for display in skins.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Windows support

Rainmeter runs on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with Platform Update and above.Read 4 Oct 2026 · docs.rainmeter.net

Plans and prices

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