Desktop customization provides a highly underrated opportunity for Windows users to display a sense of personality and individuality. Currently, Windows doesn’t offer the opportunity for this kind of freedom, but luckily, Rainmeter provides a whole host of free skins for you to choose from, giving the opportunity for your desktop to look unique.
How do you use Rainmeter?
Rainmeter is compatible with all Windows 10, 8.1, and 7 OS. All you need to do is download the open-source tool, which is totally free and safe. Then just browse their massive range of skins until you find one that you like, and download it. It’s that simple.
1. Medieval City
Let your love of gaming shine through your desktop with this skin. It makes your desktop look just like the menu in one of your favorite medieval games, and the large font makes it easy to navigate around. This skin doesn’t clog your desktop up with unnecessary information – it sticks to the basics.
2. Mass Effect
For all space lovers, this skin is a great option. All of your desktop information is rearranged to appear as though you are looking out the windshield of a spaceship, with a stunning aerial view of Earth. This skin can tinker with this option, inserting and removing modules in order to display different information, including hard disk information and network statistics.
3. Monster Hunter
For gamers who are into their mythical games, this might be the skin for you. Some of the great features on this skin include battery percentage disguised as a health bar, the time disguised as a timer, as well as a menu that offers 12 fully customizable shortcuts.
4. Batman
As the name suggests, this skin pays homage to the great DC superhero. This is a more minimalist skin, with customizable information that gets listed on the sides of the screen so as not to detract from the main image of the man himself. One of the benefits to this skin is that you have the opportunity to display a lot of information without feeling as though your screen is getting clogged up.
5. Iron Man Jarvis
If perhaps you are more of a Marvel fan, then maybe this skin is a little better suited for you. You can customize this skin and add in all of the information you deem necessary, all in the design of Mr. Starks J.A.R.V.I.S. This also comes in four different colorways – red, yellow, green, and blue.
6. Battlefield 3
No list of skins for gamers would be complete without a nod to Battlefield 3. This Rainmaker skin comes equipped with a sidebar on the right-hand side of the screen, which can be altered to include your ideal shortcuts. The skin also displays other information such as date and time in bold, easy to read lettering in other parts of the screen, so you never miss it.
7. Hardware
Hardware is something truly unique for those looking for a contrasting desktop. This skin involves a black and red theme for all of your shortcuts and information, designed to circle the main centerpiece. Add as much or as little as you want, and customize the background to plain black so that the design really stands out, or make it a different color to add even more depth to your desktop.
8. Tech-A
If you’re looking for something futuristic and minimalist, look no further than this skin. Everything has been arranged in a circular design, and you have complete freedom to add and remove the widgets and shortcuts that you want, including weather, time and date, RAM usage, and access to systems folders.
9. Senja Suite
This takes minimalism to a new level, with a clean, basic display. The skin utilizes a navy and red design on a neutral background to display only the essentials – time, media display (and all necessary buttons to navigate through music), user profile, a slideshow of images. This is customizable, but with this particular skin, less is definitely more.
10. World War Z
Take a moment to send some love to the amazing film with this skin. This World War Z design features stunning imagery from the film and utilizes a minimal design that doesn’t detract too much from this main focus. All information and shortcuts are moved to the corners of your desktop, and you can customize specifically what you want to go where.
11. Razor
This is definitely one of the best skins out there, and the aesthetic is totally customizable. Choose from submodules that offer various different files and shortcuts, so take your time picking the option that looks the best and is the most convenient for you. Make sure with this skin that you pick a very neutral background so that it doesn’t detract from what is going on in the foreground.
12. Nanoschematic
Go all out with the nano schematic skin. The wildly different aesthetic might take some getting used to, but the amazing DNA look is worth it. Pick and choose the mods and shortcuts you want to add to the screen, including weather, date and time, equalizer, RAM, and drives.
13. Living Room Girls
For anime lovers, this skin provides a cool sense of tranquility to your desktop. Without being sexualized and gross, this genuinely nice and innocent skin allows users to add and remove different shortcuts, as well as widgets such as the date and time, CPU and RAM usage, and speed.
14. Wisp
This skin from Rainmeter is truly a design to marvel at. All of the widgets and modifications appear to be drawn directly onto the background, giving users the opportunity to use this style and create something that blends together seamlessly. Its neutral and minimalist design comes in four different themes and can include memory, date and time, drives, and networks.
15. PILEUS suite
This skin is available in a light or dark mode, and your choice is drastically going to affect how you see your desktop. This skin offers extensive customization, including adding or removing a to-do list, CPU and RAM usage, the weather, date and time, and systems folder shortcuts.
16. Simple Media
This skin just does what it says on the tin. It features a very, very simple design, offering only the most necessary information on the desktop. This is an excellent option for those who like their desktop to be a calming and clutter-free spot and offers the date and time, weather, and access to the recycle bin.
17. Cipher
This skin is heavily inspired by Gravity Falls, and all of the icons become part of some ancient coded map. There are widgets in the center of the screen, in a circular display, and more information around the outside of the screen, which can include the date and time, and CPU and RAM usage.
18. ALIENS
This skin offers a whole host of options regarding how you want your desktop to look, and all of them are futuristic. The clean and minimalist design allows users the option of adding or removing shortcuts for documents, music player, date and time, CPU and RAM, as well as database information.
19. Citroen Concept
If you’re the type of person who loves looking at top quality cars, then this might be the perfect skin for you. The focal point of your desktop remains the background but all the necessary information and shortcuts surround this. This skin is more aesthetic than functional and provides only a handful of widgets to customize your desktop with.
20. Enigma
This is one of the most popular skins on Rainmeter, and it is not difficult to see why. It offers so many options and can be completely personalized to suit your tastes. This is the perfect blend of aesthetics and functionality. In 2009 this was the default theme for Rainmeter, and many people have a nostalgic attachment to it and keep coming back.