RAINMETER SUITE · WINDOWS 10 AND 11
Control-Plaine
Thirteen quiet skins and one Settings window that share a single design system. Quiet at rest, detail on hover, key information always visible.
- 13 SKINS
- 1 SETTINGS WINDOW
- LEFT OR RIGHT EDGE
- DARK AND LIGHT
- MIT LICENCE
Illustrations drawn from the suite's own icons, type and tokens, not screenshots. Hover or tab to any skin. Scroll over Volume or SignalRGB; click the Volume percentage, the Wi-Fi icon, Uptime, the Fan Control snowflake, EMPTY or the DeepCool logo.
THE SKINS
Every skin follows the same rules: a quiet icon or number at rest, more on hover, a right-click menu that opens its page in Settings. Each has a guide that lists its options and what it needs.
DAY-DATE
The day name over the date. Click opens the Windows calendar.
POWER
Hibernate (or sleep), shut down, restart and lock. A schedule link per icon opens a scroll picker from 15 minutes to 24 hours, with a countdown. Shut down and restart ask twice.
UPTIME
Invisible until hovered. Turns orange and says RESTART RECOMMENDED after five days (you choose how many).
VOLUME
A ring at the current level. Hover for the percentage and the output device. Scroll to change, click the ring to jump to a level, click the percentage to mute, click the device for the next output.
MEDIA
The song playing in any app. The ring is progress and play/pause. Title, artist and previous and next arrows appear on hover only. Hides itself when nothing plays.
RECYCLE BIN
The trash icon, the total size on hover (orange when large) and an EMPTY link when there is something to empty.
PLAYNITE
The controller icon that opens Playnite, skipping its splash screen. Hides itself if Playnite is not installed.
WI-FI
Signal strength as lit arcs. Hover for the network name and a speed test. Warnings show at rest: NO INTERNET, NOT CONNECTED, AIRPLANE MODE, ETHERNET.
FAN CONTROL
A fan icon, the average speed on hover and a snowflake that sends every fan to 100% and back, through the Fan Control app.
SIGNALRGB
Case light brightness by scrolling, plus a double arrow that starts a move effect. Works with the free tier and uses the local API on Pro.
DEEPCOOL
A switch for the DeepCool app that drives the case screen. Accent while it runs; STARTING and STOPPING TELEMETRY show until the process confirms.
CONTROLLERS
One row per connected controller (Xbox, DualSense, Moza wheel). A battery shows at rest only when low; hover shows all of them. Low is orange, charging is accent.
SETTINGS BUTTON
A dim gear that opens the Settings window. Never hides itself, so there is always a way back in.
DESIGN
Skins share a design language, not a layout. The rules are few and they are applied everywhere.
QUIET AT REST
Icons sit at 60% brightness. Anything you do not need to read all the time waits for the pointer.
KEY INFORMATION STAYS
Volume level, bin size, warnings and low batteries are visible without hovering. Or choose ALWAYS and see everything.
SUBTLE HOVER
A skin rises to 98% and the ring or icon takes the accent. No underlines, boxes or glow.
SHARP TYPE AND RINGS
Segoe UI Variable in spaced capitals; rings drawn as true arcs with round caps.
YOUR ACCENT
Follows the Windows accent colour, or a custom one. On light wallpapers it darkens so it stays readable.
SETTINGS
Right-click any skin and choose Control-Plaine settings. One window, a tab per skin, changes apply at once. No file editing.
- GENERAL
- ADVANCED
- SKINS
- DAY-DATE
- POWER
- UPTIME
- VOLUME
- MEDIA !
- RECYCLE BIN
- AND SIX MORE
LEFT OR RIGHT
Every skin except Power can sit on either screen edge and keeps the same footprint. Set one or all at once.
LIGHT AND DARK
Colours for dark wallpapers, light wallpapers, or follow Windows. Any skin can differ.
DETAILS AND TOOLTIPS
Details on hover or always, tooltips on or off, per skin or for all.
SIZE AND BRIGHTNESS
Scale every skin from 50% to 300%, and tune the rest and hover brightness.
FULL SCREEN AND LOCK
Hide every skin while a game or video is full screen. Lock positions against stray drags.
WHAT IT NEEDS
A skin whose app or plugin is missing gets an amber ! and says what to install instead of sitting broken.
INSTALL
Needs Rainmeter 4.5 or newer on Windows 10 or 11. From the repo folder in PowerShell:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File tools\install.ps1- 1
INSTALL
Links the repo into your Skins folder, creates your settings files, installs the plugins the skins need and loads the Control-Plaine layout. Your current desktop is saved as a backup layout first.
- 2
SET UP
Settings opens a short guided setup: which skins you want, what each needs (with the exact install command, run only when you click), the look, and where the skins sit on your screen.
- 3
USE
Hover, scroll and click. Right-click any skin to change anything. Update later with a git pull and a refresh.
YOU ONLY NEED THE APPS FOR THE SKINS YOU USE MediaPlayer plugin for Media · Speedtest CLI for the Wi-Fi speed test (optional) · Fan Control · SignalRGB · DeepCool app · Playnite · DSX (Steam) for DualSense batteries · Moza Pit House for a Moza wheel.