Rainmeter Rainmeter 4.5.17.3700 for Windows

by RainmeterTeam

Avg. Rating 4.6 (377 votes)

File Details

File Size 2.4 MB
License Freeware
Operating System Windows 7/8/10/Vista/XP
Date Added
Total Downloads 23,296
Publisher RainmeterTeam
Homepage Rainmeter

Publisher's Description

Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Through Rainmeter, you can enhance your Windows computer at home or work with skins: handy, compact applets which float freely on your desktop, much like Windows Sidebar gadgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac.

Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance. It's easy to keep an eye on your system resources, like memory and battery power, or your online data streams, including email, RSS feeds, and weather forecasts. Many skins are even functional: they can record your notes and to-do lists, launch your favorite applications, and send your tweets to Twitter - all in a clean, unobtrusive interface that you can rearrange and customize to your liking.

Latest Reviews

barrytbutler

barrytbutler reviewed v3.1 r2218 Beta on Jan 29, 2014

rainmeter is still awesome. have been using it for a few months now and just love it!

humbleuser

humbleuser reviewed v3.0 r1950 Beta on Jun 11, 2013

I would like to rate this higher but please, please tell us up front that the program is a lot bigger and that the installer will download a heck of a lot more that the 1.3mb. I vote for more honesty on the web.

Music4Ever

Music4Ever reviewed v2.5 r1761 Beta on Jan 16, 2013

Been playing around with this & I like it, lots to mess around with, even better it's free! - But as my keyboard isn't waterproof it wrecked it , also flooded my PC room out so beware!

timmeh

timmeh reviewed v2.4 r1634 Beta on Oct 1, 2012

I've been using rainmeter for quite a while now. Besides the eyecandy you can really boost your productivity especially by using skin packages like Enigma. It allows you to fetch RSS feeds to your desktop, set up calendar events and other clever tasks. This is my current rainmeter desktop http://ratemydesktop.org...S/Rainmeter_Enigma.html Rainmeter has come a long way since it was first released.

Blaxima

Blaxima reviewed v2.3 r1259 Beta on Mar 20, 2012

Well I figured out what the problem was. They've made anti-aliasing an option on images now, not just fonts. That essential spoils older skins and is a rather odd thing to do.

Oh well, I made a new skin and all is well

Blaxima

Blaxima reviewed v2.3 r1172 Beta on Feb 13, 2012

Been using this for awhile with no problems until now. The icons in the theme I'm using have become jagged. Reverted back and they look normal again

XhmikosR

XhmikosR reviewed v2.2r1078 Beta on Dec 14, 2011

@HeilNizar:
Rainmeter is open source. Try the following build which doesn't need any MSVC runtime installed: http://www.multiupload.com/RL165OUYWF

virustotal doesn't load for me so feel free to scan the file yourself, but it's a vanilla build from the svn trunk (with some project file related changes which shouldn't have any effect)

HeilNizar

HeilNizar reviewed v2.2r1071 Beta on Nov 29, 2011

Very nice and FREE, I wished it was completely portable without depending on c++ redistributable package.

xingyi

xingyi reviewed v2.2r1050 Beta on Nov 23, 2011

very good

Rebell

Rebell reviewed v2.1 r953 Beta on Sep 19, 2011

Cool free theme tool :D

Avg. Rating 4.6 (377 votes)
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barrytbutler

barrytbutler reviewed v3.1 r2218 Beta on Jan 29, 2014

rainmeter is still awesome. have been using it for a few months now and just love it!

humbleuser

humbleuser reviewed v3.0 r1950 Beta on Jun 11, 2013

I would like to rate this higher but please, please tell us up front that the program is a lot bigger and that the installer will download a heck of a lot more that the 1.3mb. I vote for more honesty on the web.

Music4Ever

Music4Ever reviewed v2.5 r1761 Beta on Jan 16, 2013

Been playing around with this & I like it, lots to mess around with, even better it's free! - But as my keyboard isn't waterproof it wrecked it , also flooded my PC room out so beware!

timmeh

timmeh reviewed v2.4 r1634 Beta on Oct 1, 2012

I've been using rainmeter for quite a while now. Besides the eyecandy you can really boost your productivity especially by using skin packages like Enigma. It allows you to fetch RSS feeds to your desktop, set up calendar events and other clever tasks. This is my current rainmeter desktop http://ratemydesktop.org...S/Rainmeter_Enigma.html Rainmeter has come a long way since it was first released.

Blaxima

Blaxima reviewed v2.3 r1259 Beta on Mar 20, 2012

Well I figured out what the problem was. They've made anti-aliasing an option on images now, not just fonts. That essential spoils older skins and is a rather odd thing to do.

Oh well, I made a new skin and all is well

Blaxima

Blaxima reviewed v2.3 r1172 Beta on Feb 13, 2012

Been using this for awhile with no problems until now. The icons in the theme I'm using have become jagged. Reverted back and they look normal again

XhmikosR

XhmikosR reviewed v2.2r1078 Beta on Dec 14, 2011

@HeilNizar:
Rainmeter is open source. Try the following build which doesn't need any MSVC runtime installed: http://www.multiupload.com/RL165OUYWF

virustotal doesn't load for me so feel free to scan the file yourself, but it's a vanilla build from the svn trunk (with some project file related changes which shouldn't have any effect)

HeilNizar

HeilNizar reviewed v2.2r1071 Beta on Nov 29, 2011

Very nice and FREE, I wished it was completely portable without depending on c++ redistributable package.

xingyi

xingyi reviewed v2.2r1050 Beta on Nov 23, 2011

very good

Rebell

Rebell reviewed v2.1 r953 Beta on Sep 19, 2011

Cool free theme tool :D

anomoly

anomoly reviewed v2.1 r912 Beta on Aug 22, 2011

If you use it AND install it in portable mode you don't need to back anything up. Just copy everything BUT the new ini and you're good to go. I run mine from a separate drive than c so even if c crashes and burns it won't matter.

billstelling

billstelling reviewed v2.1 r895 Beta on Aug 9, 2011

This is one of the best desktop enhancement programs out there. It can be allot to take in for a first time user but once you get a handle on it, it will be one of the must have programs for you.
I modify and combine the skins to suit my tastes and love the flexibility of the program for creating just the right look. Just remember to always make a copy of any configs or skins before you start messing with them so you can return things to their default state if you run into any issues. Really easy program to work with once you learn what you are doing.

stephenstud

stephenstud reviewed v2.1 r838 Beta on Jun 27, 2011

Very nice!

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