Is DeskBox still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change yesterday. Latest release v1.5.9, 20 days ago.

Some track record. 8.9k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

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How to set up DeskBox (Tianyu199509/DeskBox) · gitmanual

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Tianyu199509/DeskBox

A free, open-source Windows desktop organizer with native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets.

.NET#desktop-cleanup#desktop-organizer#desktop-widget#desktop-widgets

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (GPL-3.0).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change yesterday. Latest release v1.5.9, 20 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Some track record8.9k stars, 5 months old. Get it from the official repo and read what it installs.

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 8,864
Activity: Updated this month

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Will it work on macOS?

Yes, it runs on macOS

Apps are only published for Windows.
You'll build it yourself with .NET SDK.

Your system

macOS Windows Linux

Start here

Website ↗deskbox.funThe project's own site.

No macOS app in the box

No ready-made macOS app or install command in v1.5.9. There are apps for Windows.

Did you get it running?

No reports for macOS yet.

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Parts list

1×.NET SDK 10.0.402runtime

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Good to know

A .NET solution with several projects: start the app project with dotnet run --project <path/to/App.csproj> (the README usually names it).
Has AGENTS.md — instructions for coding agents. You can open Claude Code (or another agent) in the cloned folder and ask it to do the setup for you.
Nested projects: native/Cargo.toml, native/deskbox-audio-session-fixture/Cargo.toml, native/deskbox-native/Cargo.toml, native/deskbox-thumbnail-proxy/Cargo.toml and 5 more

Details

License: GPL-3.0
Open issues: 101
Branch: main

Files we read (8)

.github/workflows/arm64-runtime.yml

.github/workflows/ci.yml

.github/workflows/distribution-audit.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Directory.Build.props

README.md

global.json

rust-toolchain.toml

1,998 files in the repo

Yes, it runs on macOS

Start here

No macOS app in the box

Did you get it running?

Still stuck? Get a written guide

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