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A desktop customization tool based on Rainmeter
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- ¿Quanto? ¡Mucho!
- Which version should I choose?
- How to install for the first time
- How to upgrade from an old version
- Screenshots
- Special Thanks
Quanto Flx comes with 4 pre-installed packages that contain 160+ distinctive panels with various styles or sizes, 260 preset shortcuts with customizable icons and banners and 80+ other highly customizable components!
Gadgets for your everyday use.
| Icon | Name | Description | Available Styles/Sizes | Features |
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Calculator | A simple desktop calculator. | 4x4 4x5 |
Playing sound when clicking button or not. |
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Calendar | Shows today's date or the calendar for the month. | 2x2*2 4x4 |
Starting on Monday or not; Customizable list of events. |
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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. |
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Desktop | Click to show or hide skins on the desktop. | 1x1 & customizable size |
Can be resized like a window. |
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Folder Viewer | Displays the contents of a folder. | Customizable size in the style of List, horizontal & vertical icons (Dock-like); Explorer Mode | One skin can display 4 to 32 files/folders of any local path at the same time. Show or hide files or folders. Can be resized like a window. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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Gallery | Shuffle images from a folder. | Customizable size | Can be resized like a window. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same. |
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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. |
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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. Can be resized like a window. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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Search | A simple desktop search bar. | Customizable size | You can choose Baidu, DuckDuckGo, Google, Microsoft Bing, Wikipedia, Yahoo or Yandex as the search engine. Can be resized like a window. |
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Start | Like the Start button on the taskbar, click to open the Start menu. | 1x1 4x1 & Customizable size |
Customizable Start icon. Can be resized like a window. |
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Sticky Notes | A simple tool for documenting something. | Customizable size | These skins implement its functions by reading text files and also support text formatting. Can be resized like a window. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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To-Do List | A practical tool for recording matters. | Customizable size | Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time. Can be resized like a window. |
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Weather | See what the weather looks like around the world. | Current/Today: 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 4x4Daily/Hourly: 2x2 4x1 4x2*2 4x4*2 8x4Others: 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 6x2 8x2 |
As shown in Available Sizes/Styles, this widget is divided into several parts that can be freely combined. No API key needed. |
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World Clock | View time around the world. | 4x2 8x4 |
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Here are more skins to decorate your desktop.
| Icon | Name | Description | Available Styles/Sizes | Features |
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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. Can be resized like a window. Up to 8 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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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. |
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Blank Panel | Make your own panel. | Customizable size | You can write your own Meter/Measures. Can be resized like a window. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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Customizable Image Skin | Just "paste" any picture on the desktop. | Customizable size | Can be used as a shortcut. Can be resized like a window. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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Custom Text | Put some word on the desktop. | Customizable size | Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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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. |
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Divider | Dividers. | Customizable size | Can be resized like a window. Up to 16 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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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. Can be resized like a window. Up to 4 clone skins can exist at the same time. |
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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. |
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Text Links | 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. |
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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. |
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, 1.5x1.5, 2x2, 4x1, 4x2.
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 |
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Battery | Displays the current battery status. | 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2 |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. |
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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. |
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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. |
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CPU | Displays the current CPU usage and status. | 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2 |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. |
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CPU Processors | Displays the current CPU usage for each processor. | Adaptive | - |
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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. |
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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. |
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Network | Displays the traffic and the current network conditions. | 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2 |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. |
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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. |
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RAM | Displays the current RAM usage and status. | 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 Details*2 |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. |
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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. Can be resized like a window. |
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Screen Brightness | Option to adjust the brightness of the screen. | 4x1 4x2 |
This skin is only available for screens that can adjust the brightness. |
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System | Displays the current status of the system. | 4x1 Details |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. You can quickly copy your PC information. |
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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. Can be resized like a window. |
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Video Memory | Displays the current total video memory and usage. | 1x1 2x2 4x1 4x2 |
One of Generic System Monitoring Skins. |
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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. Can be resized like a window. |
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.
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.
No need to worry about upgrading or losing your settings! Quanto Flx provides a "Backup and Restore" feature to save your settings and use them to restore your settings after an update.
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.
Quanto Flx currently supports the following languages:
| Code | Localized Name | Available since ... | Contributor | |
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de-DE |
Deutsch (Deutschland) | v2.00 Epsilon (Build 1110) | Soulreaver1977 |
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en-US |
English (United States) | (Initial version) | (Built-in) |
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pt-BR |
Português (Brasil) | v2.00 Epsilon (Build 1110) | Darlei Pierim, Iarve, Theuso :v, With'r |
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zh-Hans |
中文 (简体) | (Initial version) | (Built-in) |
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zh-Hant |
中文 (繁體) | (Initial version) | (Built-in) |
Your contributions are always welcome! If you would like to contribute translations, please read this document. The languages currently planned for translation in this project are:
| Code | Localized Name | |
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de-DE |
Deutsch (Deutschland) |
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es-ES |
Español (España) |
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fr-FR |
Français (France) |
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it-IT |
Italiano (Italia) |
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ja-JP |
日本語 (日本) |
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pt-BR |
Português (Brasil) |
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ru-RU |
Русский (Россия) |
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!
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Aero effects have been adapted for Windows 7.
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The
FrostedGlassPlugin has been adapted for Windows 10/11. -
You can experience this suite better under Windows 10/11.
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Download and install the latest version of Rainmeter.
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Go to the Release page to download the latest version of Quanto Flx Installation Package. You may also need to check the file integrity.
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Click "Install". Then follow the prompts to initialize. This article may be helpful to you.
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Enjoy!
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.
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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 Version GitHub Repo Rainmeter Forum AppVolume1.2.3.0🔗 🔗 Backlight0.9.3.0🔗 Chameleon1.6.3.0🔗 🔗 ConfigActive2.2.1.0🔗 🔗 Drag&Drop3.1.0.3🔗 🔗 FileChoose1.2.0.1🔗 FrostedGlass1.2.0🔗 🔗 HotKey1.0.0.12🔗 🔗 Mouse3.2.0🔗 🔗 SysColor2.0.0.22🔗 🔗 TrayIcon1.1.0.0🔗 🔗 WebNowPlaying2.0.7.0🔗 🔗 -
Copy/unzip (and overwrite)
QuantoFlxfolder inSkinsfolder to%HOMEPATH%\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins. -
Copy/unzip (and overwrite)
QuantoFlxandQuantoFlx_Setupfolders inLayoutsfolder to%APPDATA%\Rainmeter\Layouts.
Finally, refresh or restart Rainmeter and load the QuantoFlx_Setup layout in the Layouts page of the Rainmeter Manager. Enjoy!
Here is just a summary. For details, please read this article to perform the upgrade.
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Back up the skin settings for all current packages using the Backup Wizard in the global settings.
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Save the current layout using the Rainmeter Manager.
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Use the installation package of a newer version of Quanto Flx to overwrite the old version. Be sure to check "Load included layouts".
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In the "Is it your first time using Quanto Flx" step of the initialization wizard, select "No, I upgraded Quanto Flx from an older version.".
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Restore the skin settings first, then restore the layout.
| Author / Contributer | Credit | Credit |
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Brian |
HotKey PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
SysColor PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
Cfixd |
Backlight PluginRainmeter Forum |
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Darlei Pierim |
Portuguese (Brazilian) Translation | |
Death.crafter |
TrayIcon PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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Iarve |
Portuguese (Brazilian) Translation | |
JSMorley |
ConfigActive PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
RainRGB4Rainmeter Forum |
KazukiGames82 |
FrostedGlass PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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Khanhas |
AppVolume PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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NighthawkSLO |
Mouse PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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Open-Meteo |
Weather Forecast API GitHub |
Air Quality API GitHub |
Setsukka |
FileChoose PluginRainmeter Forum |
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Smurfier |
LuaCalendarRainmeter Forum |
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Socks the Fox |
Chameleon PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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Soulreaver1977 |
German Translation | |
TheAzack9 |
Drag&Drop PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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Theuso :v |
Portuguese (Brazilian) Translation | |
Tjhrulz |
WebNowPlaying PluginGitHub | Rainmeter Forum |
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With'r |
Portuguese (Brazilian) Translation |
Images above are for reference only, please refer to the actual situation.
Footnotes
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AIMP, foobar2000, iTunes, J. River Media Center, Media Jukebox, MusicBee, Winamp and Windows Media Player (Legacy). ↩
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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). ↩
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Only available on Windows 7. ↩
