chore(distribution): submit RIGStats to CNET Download.com

[dvalfrid]

Goal

Register RIGStats on CNET Download.com and keep the listing up to date with every new release.

Reliability caveat — read before spending time on this

Developer forum reports on submitting to CNET Download.com are mixed: some describe a quick, hassle-free addition; others report submissions from months earlier still not listed despite being told it takes ~7 days. Unlike Softpedia/MajorGeeks (issues #143/#144), there's no confirmed fallback contact (e.g. an email address) if the form goes nowhere — worth timeboxing this one and moving on if there's no response after a few weeks.

One-time submission

• Go to https://download.cnet.com/add-your-software/
• Fill in the form:
  • Software Title: RIGStats
  • Version: 1.35.2
  • Download URL: https://github.com/dvalfrid/rigstats/releases/download/v1.35.2/RIGStats_1.35.2_x64-setup.exe
  • More Info URL: https://rigstats.app
  • Category: System Utilities
  • License: Freeware / Open Source
  • OS: Windows 10, Windows 11 (64-bit)
  • Description: (see below)
  • Screenshots: assets/rigStats.png, assets/floating-mode.png, assets/rigStats-desktop-wallpaper.png
• Submit and wait ~1–2 weeks
• Save the CNET Download.com page URL in a comment here — if nothing after a few weeks, deprioritize this one

Description text

RIGStats is a lightweight, open-source hardware monitoring dashboard for Windows.
It displays real-time telemetry for your entire rig — CPU, GPU, RAM, storage,
network and system power — in a clean, always-visible overlay.

Features include CPU load/temperature/frequency with per-core bars, GPU load/VRAM/
temperature/fan speed, RAM usage, disk activity and free space per drive, network
upload/download with WAN ping, and a System Power panel with CPU/GPU breakdown.

Display modes: portrait and landscape profiles sized for 1080p–4K monitors,
desktop wallpaper mode (renders behind all windows via WorkerW), floating overlay,
and Fill Screen for dedicated secondary monitors. Built-in auto-updater included.

Sensor data is read via a bundled Windows service powered by LibreHardwareMonitor.
Free and open source. Requires Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit).

Per release — update CNET Download.com

No update mechanism confirmed yet — investigate once/if the initial submission is actually processed and a listing exists.

Automation (future improvement)

None — no API known, and given the submission reliability caveat above, not worth building automation until the one-time submission is confirmed to actually work.

[dvalfrid]

Submitted via CNET's support-ticket-style form (2026-07-06) — the live form at /add-your-software/ turned out to be a simplified request (Type of Request, Program name, email, Subject, Product Description) rather than the full listing form originally planned. Per the reliability caveat above, will deprioritize if there's no response/listing after a few weeks.