Rainmeter

Rainmeter is a free and open-source desktop customization utility for Windows released under the GNU GPL v2 license. It allows users to create and display user-generated customizable desktop widgets or applets called "skins" that display information. Ready to use collections of skins can be downloaded and installed in packages known as "suites".

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Rainmeter, desktop customization tool

Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity., Rainmeter allows you to display customizable skins on your desktop, from hardware usage meters to fully functional audio visualizers. You are only limited by your imagination and creativity.

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Source code

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Rainmeter is a desktop customization tool for Windows. For more information and downloads, visit rainmeter.net. Our official releases are signed with a code signing certificate graciously provided by the [SignPath Foundation]. We appreciate [SignPath.io] and the [SignPath Foundation] for providing free code signing services to open source projects. This program will not transfer any information to other networked systems unless specifically requested by the user or the person installing or operating it.

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Development
Usage
Reception
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Common functionalities of Rainmeter skins include desktop clocks, RSS readers, system monitors, weather widgets, application launchers and audio players.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rainmeter” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.