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 install on Windows

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 Windows?

Yes, it installs on your Windows

A ready-made Windows download is in the latest release.

Your system

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Start here

Website ↗deskbox.funThe project's own site.

Download for Windows

DeskBox 1.5.9 · 10/23/2026 ↗

DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_x64.exe

exe · x64 · 33.7 MB · 57,840 downloads · best match

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Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Tianyu199509/DeskBox/releases/download/v1.5.9/DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_x64.exe" -OutFile "DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_x64.exe"
Start-Process ".\DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_x64.exe"

Other Windows downloads (1)

DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_arm64.exe

exe · ARM64 · 33.1 MB · 2,514 downloads

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Runs the installer.

Invoke-WebRequest "https://github.com/Tianyu199509/DeskBox/releases/download/v1.5.9/DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_arm64.exe" -OutFile "DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_arm64.exe"
Start-Process ".\DeskBox_Setup_1.5.9_arm64.exe"

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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 installs on your Windows

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