Rainmeter
No phone app
5.4No. 12 of 30
in Desktop Widget Software
in Desktop Widget Software
- Recognised40% of the score20
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score58
- Free plan14% of the score30
- Free plan
- Yes
- Runs on
- Windows
Summary
Rainmeter is ranked #12 of 30 in desktop widget software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Windows. There is a free plan.
Rainmeter plans and pricing
All plansCompared on desktop widget software
- Free plan
- Yesrainmeter.net
- Supported platforms
- windowsrainmeter.net
- Widget categories
- memory, battery, RSS feeds, weather forecasts, notes, to-do lists, application launchers, media-player controlsrainmeter.net
- System monitoring
- Yesrainmeter.net
- Custom layouts
- Yesrainmeter.net
- Weather widgets
- Yesrainmeter.net
- Feed widgets
- Yesrainmeter.net
Facts
- Desktop customization
- Rainmeter displays customizable desktop skins, from hardware usage meters to audio visualizers.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Skin features
- Skins can show system information, RSS feeds and weather, keep notes and to-do lists, launch applications, and control media players.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Custom skin authoring
- Users can create and edit skins using Rainmeter's skin language, meters, measures, plugins, and Lua scripting.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Windows support
- Rainmeter runs on Windows 7 Service Pack 1 with Platform Update and above.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Web data
- Rainmeter measures and plugins can gather information from the system or the internet for display in skins.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- 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.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Community support
- Rainmeter documentation directs users to its forum, an unofficial Discord channel, and a web-based IRC channel for help.docs.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- Low resource use
- The maker says Rainmeter uses very little hardware resources and runs well on PCs using Windows 7 through Windows 11.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
- License
- Rainmeter is open source software distributed under the GNU GPL v2 license.rainmeter.net · 4 Oct 2026
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Where it ranks on Samsung Mobile US Press
- Best Desktop Widget Software in 2026#12 of 30
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Sources
- rainmeter.net· checked 4 Oct 2026
- docs.rainmeter.net/manual/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- docs.rainmeter.net/manual/installing-rainmeter/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/nowplaying/· checked 4 Oct 2026
- docs.rainmeter.net/manual/user-interface/· checked 4 Oct 2026