The Best Rainmeter Skins for a Minimalist Desktop

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The Best Rainmeter Skins for a Minimalist Desktop

There’s no end to the ways you can customize Windows. From taskbar tweaks to icon management, there’s always something to change to make your desktop your own. And for the hardcore desktop enthusiast, there’s no better tool than Rainmeter.

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First to bat is a program which uses monitoring stats provided by your Task Manager. Illustro Monitor is a simple skin that provides real time stats of CPU usage, HDD space, and network performance.

A fan favorite for system monitors is Minimal System Info. This skin provides a small interface for displaying system information.

Flat is a minimal skin that is available in both a dark and a light version for use on all sorts of wallpapers and backgrounds. It has the system monitoring functions you would expect plus more, like separate monitors for multiple processor cores, monitoring the space available on multiple hard drives, an upload and download network information graph, plus a network widget showing your IP address.

There are more functions too like a battery monitor, uptime descriptor, RAM monitor, and recycle bin monitor.

Finally, you’ll also find a simple temperature and weather widget. This is a great monitor for advanced users who want to keep an eye on more detailed system information.

Some system monitors use third-party applications like MSI Afterburner or CoreTemp for their readings. The Rainmeter skin Mii System Skin 2 requires two tweaks before working: MSIAfterBurner.dll and a skin edit.

You’ll need to install MSI After Burner onto your computer if you want to track your stats using Mii System Skin 2. Rainmeter will then use the information received by your After Burner application. Afterward, download the appropriate 32 or 64-bit .dll file available in this forum. Ensure whether you’re using a 32-bit or 64-bit operating system and download the appropriate file.

Move the .dll file into your Rainmeter plugins folder, located in C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\Plugins. Then, edit your skin by right-clicking the Rainmeter skin → Edit skin.

By default, the Plugins parameter for Mii System Skin 2 is set to MSIAfterBurner.dll. Change this parameter to Plugins\MSIAfterBurner.dll. Remember to right-click the skin and select Refresh skin, and you should be able to read your fan speeds, GPU temps, and more.

An elegant, minimalist clock which shows you just the time with no clutter. It looks best when used in a large format in the middle of your desktop.

The clock shows the day of the month, plus the hours, minutes, and seconds. It comes in a stark white font that looks good on top of darker wallpapers.

This attractive skin shows the time and date plus the weather. A fun and unique feature is the arc over the top which shows the position of the sun throughout the day.

A simple but striking clock using a slanted font that looks a bit like handwriting. The clock is rather visually distinctive so it works best against very plain wallpapers, and it looks particularly good when shown in large size but with a low opacity to make it blend into the background.

As well as the time, the clock shows the date and day of the week written in prose, as well as the temperature and weather so you can quickly check whether you need an umbrella before you leave the house.

Laro is a truly beautiful date and time skin. It shows the name of the month in a stylish handwriting-type font, with a mini calendar beneath that shows the day of the month and the day of the week, plus the year. There’s also an unobtrusive weather widget and a minimal clock and currently playing music information.

Everything in the skin set is plain white text, with no unnecessary ornamentation or images. If you use a brightly colored or visually interesting wallpaper, then Laro will make a non-distracting layer on top to show you important information.

Another popular clock skin is Elegance 2, a more minimal version of the popular Elegance skin. It’s simple, clean, and easy to read. The slim font works with almost any wallpaper and complements many other Rainmeter skins.

If you prefer a clock that comes with both date and time, there’s no better skin than La Campagnie des Ombres.

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