Rainmeter is the ultimate desktop enhancement application. With over thousands of skins available, one can style their desktop as they want to. I generally use it to monitor my gmail account, browse through RSS feeds, quickly launch apps and save notes (which is snyc-ed with Kunal using Dropbox, so we can collaborate together on posts efficiently).
Rainmeter is not just an application, it is a robust toolkit. It has a huge community where in developers contribute their work. It puts minimal load on your PC. The best part is, Rainmeter is free and open source.
In this post, I’m sharing 18 Rainmeter themes or skins that I’ve used and think that they’re the best available around:
How to Install a Rainmeter theme?
- Right-click and Extract the contents of the file (.zip or .rar)
- Copy it to Rainmeter’s Skins folders present at:
X:\Users\<your username>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\- Open Rainmeter (or restart it if its already open). Right click on its tray icon and from the “Config” menu, choose your Skin/Theme.
- Congrats you did it!
(If it doesn’t work, lemme know about it by leaving a comment after this post.)
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Rainmeter Themes
Omnimo
Any rainmeter themes list is incomplete without mentioning about Omnimo, the best theme ever made for it. Make your desktop go Metro!
Download: Omnimo 3.1 Skin for Rainmeter (34.3 MB)
Also check out – WP 7 Metro theme for Windows 7 for a complete Metro interface.
WRMZ
Download: WRMZ Theme
Gaia ‘10
Download: Gaia 10 Skin (1.8 MB)
Speed
Download: Speed Theme (2.9 MB)
Rising Reflection Interface
Download: Rising Reflection Interface Skin (8.7 MB)
Razor
Download: Razor Theme (2.9 MB)
Unity
Download: Unity Theme (11.6 MB)
Moxx
Download: Moxx Skin for rainmeter (3.9 MB)
iShortcuts
Download: iShortcuts Theme (1.7 MB)
i2 Bar
Download: i2 Bar Skin (1.2 MB)
HUD uTorrent
Download: HUD uTorrent Skin (0.3 MB)
2Tone
Download: 2Tone Rainmeter Skin (0.2 MB)
Crowd
Download: Crowd Skin (8.5 MB)
Corner Calendar
Download: Corner Calendar Config (2.0 MB)
10-Foot HUD YBoris
Download: 10-Foot HUD Ybrois skin (8.4 KB)
Simple Taskbar
Download: Simple Taskbar Config (116 KB)
Electric Space
Download: Electric Space (19.8 KB)
NH Theme
Download: NH Theme (1.1 MB)
Did I miss anything?
P.S.: If you think this wasn’t enough, check out Lifehacker’s Desktop Show and tell (Flickr) Group, it’s is also worth checking out. It’s a great gallery of such more rainmeter skins:
Desktop Show and tell (Flickr) Group
Hope you liked these themes. It’s been some time since we last updated this article so there may be many new themes which are better than the ones we have enlisted here. Please feel free to comment here, if a theme gets sufficient votes, we will surely add that particular Rainmeter theme to this post.
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Installling them wont eat up my RAM?
Nope, Rainmeter doesn’t use much RAM. (Unless you put hundreds of skins at a time.)
Very informative artilce for me ..
Now, i can customize my dekstop using it.
Thanks .
and one question is that using Rainmeter does it made changes to registry files and system files ??
Nope, don’t worry, it doesn’t interfere with any your system files.
Can you tell me how to install language Chinese in Samsung Galaxy Mini~
Because i buy from UK! There don’t have Chinese!
Go to settings>Language and Keyboard>Select Language.
Is this what you were looking for?
2. Copy it to Rainmeter’s Skins folders present at:
X:UsersDocumentsRainmeterSkins
it doesn’t exist
Hey sorry, WordPress has a problem of not displaying forward slash. Here’s the path to your folder:
X:\Users\<your username>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins\Dissapointed at the unity theme. It wont install, the custom installer it comes with moans about not being able to make a backup and then says “installer thread failed” It manages to create the backup folder it just doesn’t seem to want to copy the backup stuff across or install my theme
Just installed Rainmeter, so this is a great collection to start off.
Rainmeter 2.1 beta version download ho gya…n install krne pe vc++ dwnload failed bta rha h………ye file bhi dwnload kr li…aur .net bhi…n installd as well………bt rainmeter install nae ho rha…….
wt to do…further……
give suggestions
hey, how do you make it so it shows up as an actual theme, i did it with omnimo but none of the others:( thanks
Hey ellis lee, what do you mean by actual theme?
Yeah. I agree with Ellis. Except the omnimo theme, I couldn’t get other themes to work.
Damn. Ok I’ll try to download every skin and see if they work or not. Will update this post after that. But it may take some time as my place was struck with an earthquake 2 days back, with the epicenter just 60km away. So, it’s all messed up for me, network problems etc, but still, I’ll try my best.
No problem mate. Take care ! My prayers are with you!
basics with rainmeter are fine but customization to my specific needs like configuring weather, rss feeds and icons is becoming quite a headache im from non technical side but have learned programing languages, i have installed and uninstalled rm many a times due to same customization problems………help me
i am trying to change rss of lifehacker to a different even after many repeated attempts it is still taking lifehacker only please help
Please be specific, which theme are you encountering problems with?
Hey, buddy, nice work! I have been using rainmeter for quite a while but I never really bothered to check if it’s possible to use two or more themes at once. If so, would you know (and please teach me how) how to use like ‘iShortcuts’ and ‘Rising Reflection Interface’ for example at the same time? Thanks much man
how do you change the font of the time 10 foot hud yboris? mine seems to be different font from your screen shot. its not as square
Hi i try all of them and doesnt work ones i download it does not tell me run it tells me open ones i open the file i yous takes me to a ho bunch of letter pleas help me i doesnt on my cumputer o and is a new computer y i o apraciate it.
I can’t find Rainmeter 3…latest version is 2.1 beta…
Dammit. I wonder why did I write 3.0 as the latest version. Thanks a lot bro, it’s now updated.
Why my WMP cant play?i think its bcoz i dun have nowplaying.dll.where i can get that dll?
one more thing,how to change win7 taskbar to make it suitable with the rainmeter we being use?or..juz hide the taskbar..
when i put the speed theme in the skin folder it still doesn’t show in the rainmeter file
hey.
wrmz doesnt have zip file isnt it?
then how do i install it? thanks in return.
Hi,
I’m running rising reflection interface on rainmeter 2.1.0 beta rev 848 (64 bit)… and i cant get to see the fonts of clock as they are shown in the image. also some of the components like temperature and weather are not working… i see very small fonts on upperleft corner of screen (hardly visible). please help…
regards,
Nis.
got it working, i noticed there was a font file in the zips… installed and now its working
hmmmmmmm.
excellent…bosss.
i dont undestand at number 2…
i have looking for that document but it didnt exist…
help me…
Thanks for share. ^^
hi i m having problem in changing my rainmeter to speed skin posted in this website
i tried using the trick u have given but did not work plzz help i m new using this application
An interesting addition to this list, although it’s not really a Skin, is the Daily Quote widget I developed. It can show a daily inspirational quote on your desktop for each day. I haven’t found it in any of the other themes, and I like to have a sort of dynamic element on my desktop that surprises me each time I boot my computer
I couldn’t install this theme in my laptop
I downloaded and installed the iShortcuts and it’s not working for me at all
can you teach me how to create my own theme?
These two tutorials might help you create themes for rainmeter:
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-SkinTutorials
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Skins-rmskin
Good luck! P.S.: If you create any theme, do share it with us by posting here. I would love to see it
Can I download all skin in one files ?
Sorry that’s not possible, you’ll have to download them one by one
I can’t install the skin..
let me know..??
please…
the problem is…
the skin is only for Rainmeter ver. 2.1 or highten
the file is corrupt (download not complete)
(sorry for my english)
Which skin Donni?
I mean
your download is not complete
exp : the file is 32 MB but your only download 20 MB
or the problem your not install rainmeter
sorry for my english and sorry for my late reply
Hey i installed a theme but m not able to get weather, fb, gmail etc feeds…i’ve even copied n pasted the rss feed links.Help me out!
hey i need a help
i cant apply the whole theme , i can only select options one by one from Skins
Can anyone help me
You’ll have to apply them one by one. That’s a small problem though
Can it also work for Rainmeter 2.2?
Yeah, most of these should work
And sorry for my late reply.
When i install rainmeter application setup, it shows error in middle like VC++ missing or something. And setup gets stopped. Plz help me!
before installing rainmeter ,you must instal a file name visual c++ x 86 (32bit or 64 bit)
http://rainmeter.net/redist/
than u can use rameter
the browser and the apps are not working …
Browser and Apps? These are not applications lunchbox, only simple skins.
why it states no skin available at rainmeter skins
Cant find the config option on the menu when i right click the tray icon…. any help?
For the electric space one, I can get everything but the background, I’ve tried downloading it multiple times, whats it filed under?
Ok, scratch that, I got it. But how do you get the circles thing to react to your itunes music?
Ah, I don’t think that’s possible
These music skins have a compatibility limitation with different applications.
Hello! I’m having a little problem. My download wont complete.
Which skin Mech? I’ll try to upload that skin to somewhere else (like Dropbox) for you.
how can i install the rising reflection? i click everything but nothing happened. the folder already appeared in the configure menu but when i apply the skin i wont appear.
Did you try choosing the skins in Rising Reflection individually from the context menu?
thanks for sharing … cool collection though… i like NH theme… thanks again…
Hello, I really love iShorcut but I can’t download it, it just appear the screenshot
Hey, thanks for commenting. You can download iShortcut from here:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/200804501/ishortcuts_for_rainmeter_wip_by_fediafedia-d3bjxqt.zip
Still no result, Saket………
Did you download it using the link I gave you?
I have a rainmeter skin that I downloaded, but when I extract the folder from the .rar file and put it in the skins folder you showed, rainmeter does not see it. Any idea why?
Can you please share a screenshot of that folder? It would be the fastest way to solve your problem instead of asking you a lot of questions
i cant download any skin i am pressing the name of the skin next to the download it is opening for me another page on the internet a then give me the picture of the skin pleaze help
Err, Mitri, all the URLs point to a download link of the skin. Which skin do you want to download?
Yes, both links for iShortcut (zip file) does NOT redirect to the actual zip file. It just loads the deviantart picture (jpg file).
Seen this message from the source page:
http://fediafedia.deviantart.com/art/iShortcuts-for-Rainmeter-WIP-200804501
“So this solution is until (if ever) someone creates an actual fully functional app as I described in my recent journal.
Me and Xyrfo decided to recreate this for rainmeter. What started out as just a bunch of icons is now a highly customizable and functional icon suite. Complete with automatic resolution-aware icon rearranging (xyrfo pushing rainmeter to it’s edge again).
Must say, this turned out better than expected, and I think a lot of you will like its functionality as well as its looks.
The only thing we can’t be sure about is folders.
Comments and suggestions are welcome!
P.S> That’s actual aero blur behind the icons
Also I included some of the graphics, in case anyone who’s interested in making the real thing wants them.”
why is this happen? i mean when i’m restarted my pc, all the rainmeter apps/widget disappear except for the wallpaper. why is that?
Have you configured Rainmeter to start with system bootup?
How to setting shortcut ? i mean to change source .. for example > shortcut pict load (c/accer/my library) , i want to change become (e/pict/auto) … how i can do that ? please help …..
why there is no “Config” menu in my rainmeter 2.2
it is too hard to load them 1 by 1
Yeah that’s something even I find little irritating.
ok I had some questions that I hope you be so kind to answer:
1.- I need to make a global variable-counter witch increases on every second so I can use it an rewrite it to zero on several Measures an Methods when I need it
2.- Also I need to randomize some animations and (with another variable I think) know when they have endedI’ll really appreciated your help
The only way I can see doing this with the limitations of Rainmeter, is to either write your own plugin for it, and use that as a measure (similar to FanSpeed). You could probably just use a system time measure… (kinda messy though)
As far as randomization goes, you could write a simple batch or vb script to output a random filepath to a variables file (in batch, using %random%; vb, not sure), which your rainmeter skin would monitor. Set the desired skin update to something like 1 second.
Use Scheduled Task to run the batch or vb script every 5 minutes or something.
nice skins
ithemes unable to download plz tell how to download
hey how do I set rainmater button to open the application?
Good uTorrent downloads
Omnimo Is one of the best rainmeter theme for Windows Desktop. No list is complete without this one. Really nice themes buddy keep it up great work
While i am Trying to apply WRMZ theme,it is not able extract the theme
dis is jus awesom……… my sincere thanx to the contributors……!!
i can’t upload the skins.
Upload? Do you mean download?
hey, why is it the themes that i download isn’t showing up in my rainmeter? thanks
very cool/./.
It say want administrator password.y?
most of the themes said that its not compatible with my version of windows. I got windows 7 professional.
Excellent collection Friend,each one is extraordinary and awesome.
Thankyou!
I Cant find the rainmeter folder do i need to create forder? or i search wrong adress
Its working Now sorry for doble post and Nice Themes
Can u teach me how to install the rainmeter from the first step ? Which means from the very beginning . I’ve downloaded the file but it can’t be opened. Do I have to do something before it ??
Great selection, thank you!
The current veroisn is surprisingly easy to read.But, combined with the red banner, I find the colour scheme very aggressive? The visual message and the content seem out of synch.
it didnt work.the folder doesnt appear when i right click on the icon