Building - Rainmeter

Building Rainmeter

Get the source code

Use <a href="http://git-scm.com">Git</a> to clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/rainmeter/rainmeter.git

Alternatively, download the repository contents as a ZIP archive.

Building with Visual Studio

Rainmeter can be built using any version of Visual Studio 2022. If you don't already have VS2022, you can download Visual Studio Community 2022 for free.

Building the installer manually

First, download and install NSIS 3 or later.

Then, in the Build directory, run e.g. Build.bat pre 1.2.3.4 to build the pre-release 1.2.3 r4.

If you see any "not found" errors, check that the paths in the set commands at the top of the file match your environment.

To build a release installer, use Build.bat release 1.2.3.4.