Our bundled library of open-source skins covers a wide range of functions, but if you want your desktop to do something new, you don't have to wait for us.Įvery inch of a skin is completely customizable. 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. 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. Rainmeter skins provide you with useful information at a glance. 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 gagdgets, or dashboard widgets for the Mac. Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform. Geektool is also much more oriented towards people who are familiar with the command line, as it runs nearly entirely on bash scripts.Rainmeter for Windows 10 - Full description For Mac users, there is Geektool, which performs many of the same basic functions such as displaying info on the desktop and some basic widgets, though there isn’t as big of a community following behind it, so the options for skins are limited. If you’re on a Mac or Linux, unfortunately you’re out of luck, as there isn’t a Rainmeter build for OS X or Linux. Most skins have comments in the configuration file, so it’s easy to tell what controls what. Right click on a skin and hit “Edit skin”, which will bring up a configuration file with lots of variable definitions.įor example, if you wanted to change the color of the outer rim of this clock, you can edit the values of the variable that controls that. If you want to get your hands dirty with the code behind the skins, it isn’t too complex. Rainmeter allows for an amazing amount of customization.
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