A desktop customization tool based on Rainmeter

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Quanto Flx comes with 4 pre-installed packages that contain more than 400+ distinctive skins with various styles or sizes!

Quanto Flx Gadgets

Gadgets for your everyday use.

Icon	Name	Description	Available Styles/Sizes	Features
	Calculator	A simple desktop calculator.	4x4 4x5	Playing sound when clicking button.
	Calendar	Shows today's date or the calendar for the month.	2x2*2 4x4	Starting on Monday or not; Customizable list of events.
	Clock	Displays the current time in the form of a digital or skeuomorphic clock.	2x1 2x2 4x2 4x4	Text align; Show or hide second or AM/PM indicator; Show second as a hand instead of a circle or not; Customizable clock face; etc. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Desktop	Click to show or hide skins on the desktop.	1x1 & customizable size	-
	Folder Viewer	Displays the contents of a folder.	Customizable size in the style of List, horizontal & vertical icons (Dock-like)	One skin can display 4 to 32 files/folders of any local path at the same time. Show or hide files or folders. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Gallery	Shuffle images from a folder.	Customizable size	-
	Media Control	To control your music player in your fingertips.	1x1 2x1 2x2 4x1 4x2*2 4x4	Supports players supported by NowPlaying Plugin1, and also adapts to WebNowPlaying Plugin2.
	RSS Feeds	Keep track of the latest news from your RSS feeds.	Customizable size	Supports reading RSS feeds that conform to the Atom specification. 15/30 titles can be read at a time. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Search	A simple desktop search bar.	Customizable size	You can choose Baidu, Google, Microsoft Bing, Wikipedia, Yahoo or Yandex as the search engine.
	Start	Like the Start button on the taskbar, click to open the Start menu.	1x1 4x1 & Customizable size	Customizable Start icon.
	Sticky Notes	A simple tool for documenting something.	Customizable size	These skins implement its functions by reading text files and also support text formatting. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	To-Do List	A practical tool for recording matters.	Customizable size	Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Weather	See what the weather looks like around the world.	Current/Today: 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 4x4 Daily/Hourly: 2x2 4x1 4x2*2 4x4*2 8x4	It is divided into four parts: "Current", "Daily", "Hourly" and "Today". No API key needed.
	World Clock	View time around the world.	4x2 4x4 8x4	-

Quanto Flx Miscellaneous

Here are more skins to decorate your desktop.

Icon	Name	Description	Available Styles/Sizes	Features
	Background	To acccommodate panels.	Full screen, fixed width or height or customizable size	Use the "Collapse" button around a fixed width or height style skin to use it as a sidebar. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Control Bar	Control skins in one bar.	Vertical or horizontal	Show or hide user image icon or/and Start icon; The two ends can be colored separately; Background color can be set.
	Blank Panel	Make your own panel.	Customizable size	You can write your own Meter/Measures. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Customizable Image Skin	Just "paste" any picture on the desktop.	Customizable size	Can be used as a shortcut. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Custom Text	Put some word on the desktop.	Customizable size	Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Digital Clock	You can choose to use a complete digital clock, or build one yourself.	Customizable size	This series of skins provides enough independent components for users to customize a digital clock. You can also use an integrated digital clock directly.
	Divider	Dividers.	Customizable size	Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Ruler	A tool to assist the user in placing the skin.	Customizable size	These skins take advantage of Rainmeter's automatic skin alignment feature to assist users in placing skins. Up to 4 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Skeuomorphic Clock	A wallpaper skeuomorphic clock.	Customizable size	Show or hide second or AM/PM indicator; Show second as a hand instead of a circle or not; Customizable clock face; Aero background3; etc.
	Text Options	Customizable shortcuts or superlinks.	Customizable size	One skin can display 4 entries at the same time. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Visualiser	Bring the music to the screen!	4 styles in horizontal, vertical and radial	You can customize the width and height or radius, and set the reflection for horizontal or vertical style. The visualizer's appearance can also be flipped.

Quanto Flx Shortcuts

Use the style of Quanto Flx to display shortcuts.

This package comes with 260 preset shortcuts and up to 240 custom shortcuts can be set.

Shortcut skins have styles in 1x1, 2x2, 4x1, 4x2.

Quanto Flx System

These skins rely on system monitoring software (such as AIDA or HWiNFO) to provide a unified and detailed report on the use of system resources.

Configure your system performance monitoring software for more features.

Icon	Name	Description	Available Styles/Sizes	Features
	Battery	Displays the current battery status.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	Cooling Fans	Displays the speed of the current cooling fan.	1x1 2x2 4x1	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Customizable System Monitoring Skins	For the brave of you.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. You can modify the parameters of this skin or add Measures. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	CPU	Displays the current CPU usage and status.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	CPU Processors	Displays the current CPU usage for each processor.	Adaptive	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	GPU	Displays the current GPU usage and status.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Logical Drives	Displays the occupancy and status of each drive.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. Up to 26 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	Network	Displays the traffic and the current network conditions.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	Physical Drives	Displays the status of physical drives.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time.
	RAM	Displays the current RAM usage and status.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	Recycle Bin	Same as the "Recycle Bin" icon on the desktop.	1x1 4x1 and Customizable size	Drag a file into this skin to delete it. You can customize the icon that this skin displays in different situations.
	Screen Brightness	Option to adjust the brightness of the screen.	4x1 4x2	This skin is only available for screens that can adjust the brightness.
	System	Displays the current status of the system.	4x1 Details	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. You can quickly copy your PC information.
	Top Process	Displays the processes that use the highest resources.	Customizable size	Up to 4 clone skins (CPU, GPU, I/O, RAM) can exist at the same time.
	Video Memory	Displays the current total video memory and usage.	1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2	One of Generic System Monitoring Skins.
	Volume	Options to adjust the global volume or the volume of each app.	4x1 and Customizable size	Options to adjust the global volume or the volume of each app.

Show Your Personality

In addition to the above features, each skin can also use features such as "combination", gradient background or opacity to make the layout more neat or show your personality.

At the same time, you can also conveniently use the "Style Clipboard" to copy the style of the skin and apply it to other skins.

Quanto Flx Global Settings provide a wealth of parameters that allow you to adjust many details of the appearance, such as the size or thickness of the font, position fine-tuning, the spacing between panels, lighting settings, and the size of the rounded corners of the global appearance, etc.

Don’t know where to start? Why not start with the preset themes provided by Quanto Flx! During the settings, Quanto Flx can provide an instant preview, without the need to refresh the skin after the settings are completed to see the effect.

User-Friendly

You don't need to know too many details. Quanto Flx provides you with a user-friendly operation interface so that you can get started easily.

Quanto Flx provides some automation functions, such as changing the theme according to the time schedule, changing the accent color and foreground color according to the wallpaper; it also provides some practical functions, such as touch screen mode, displaying the background when the skin is selected, controlling the position layer of all skins, or locking the position of all skinsetc. These functions will provide you with more convenient customization.

Having problems? Quanto Flx Wiki has been written so you can always consult it in case you have any problems using this skin suite, or just want to see how the demos are implemented.

Quanto Flx is designed to be modular, which means you can write Quanto Flx Package to extend it. Quanto Flx Specifications are also provided to learn how to write Quanto Flx skins and make Quanto Flx Packages.

Globalization

Quanto Flx currently supports the following languages:

Code	Language Name	Contributor
en-us	English	Steve Hsu
zh-hans	中文 (简体)	Steve Hsu
zh-hant	中文 (繁體)	Steve Hsu

Your contributions are always welcome! If you would like to contribute translations, please read this document.

Compatibility

Quanto Flx supports Windows 7 and newer. As long as your device can install the latest version of Rainmeter, you can also use Quanto Flx!

How to Install

Warning

Please note that currently Quanto Flx is in EARLY BETA, all features may change at any time.

Automatic Installation

1. Download and install the latest version of Rainmeter.

2. Go to the Release page to download the latest version of Quanto Flx Installation Package.

3. Click "Install". Then follow the prompts to initialize. This article may be helpful to you.

4. Enjoy!

Manual Installation

First, you need to install the latest version of Rainmeter.

Then, clone this repository to your local machine via Git or GitHub Desktop instead of downloading the zip and then installing it manually:

Warning

Downloading the ZIP file of this repository to install may result in garbled text.

• The Plugins that need to be installed are listed below. You can view the Plugins you have installed in %APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Plugins. If some of these plugins do not exist on your device, click the hyperlink and download the latest version.

Plugin	Plugin	Plugin	Plugin
AppVolume	Backlight	Chameleon	ConfigActive
FileChoose	FrostedGlass	HotKey	Mouse
SysColor	TrayIcon	WebNowPlaying

• Copy/unzip (and overwrite) QuantoFlx folder in Skins folder to %HOMEPATH%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins.

• Copy/unzip (and overwrite) QuantoFlx and QuantoFlx_Setup folders in Layouts folder to %APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Layouts.

Finally, refresh or restart Rainmeter and load the QuantoFlx_Setup layout in the Layouts page of the Rainmeter Manager. Enjoy!

Tip

If you'd like to get a sneak peek at the latest features, check out the snapshot branch.

Screenshots

Special Thanks

Author	Credit	Credit
Brian	HotKey Plugin	SysColor Plugin
Cfixd	Backlight Plugin
Death.crafter	TrayIcon Plugin
JSMorley	ConfigActive Plugin	RainRGB4
Khanhas	AppVolume Plugin
NighthawkSLO	Mouse Plugin
Open-Metero	Weather Forecast API	Air Quality API
Setsukka	FileChoose Plugin
Smurfier	LuaCalendar
Socks the Fox	Chameleon Plugin
TheAzack9	FrostedGlass Plugin
Tjhrulz	WebNowPlaying Plugin

Footnotes

1. AIMP, foobar2000, iTunes, J. River Media Center, Media Jukebox, MusicBee, Winamp and Windows Media Player (Legacy). ↩

2. When using Windows 10/11, you can use this plugin to connect to some supported desktop music players or browser-based players (you need to install the browser extension first). ↩

3. Only available on Windows 7. ↩