Is PowerToys still maintained?

Yes, active. Last change today. Latest release v0.102.3101, 3 days ago.

Can I trust PowerToys?

Widely used. 141k stars, 7 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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How to set up PowerToys (microsoft/PowerToys) · gitmanual

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microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows

.NET#advanced-paste#color-picker#command-palette#desktop

Difficulty: Easy
Time: about 5 min
Stars: ★ 140,753
Activity: Updated this month

Before you start

Is it free?: YesOpen source (MIT).
Still maintained?: Yes, activeLast change today. Latest release v0.102.3101, 3 days ago.
Can I trust it?: Widely used141k stars, 7 years old, by an organization. As with any download, get it from the official repo.

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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

No macOS app in the box

No ready-made macOS app or install command in v0.102.3101. There are apps for Windows.

Did you get it running?

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Parts list

1×.NET SDK 10.0.403runtime

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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: .github/skills/ui-tests-migration/templates/Module.UITests.Next.csproj, .github/skills/winmd-api-search/scripts/cache-generator/CacheGenerator.csproj, .pipelines/powerdisplay-idd-poc/production/PowerDisplay.IddPoc.ProductionProbe.csproj, .pipelines/umdf-hid-smoke/GrabAndMove.HidSmoke.Probe.csproj and 11 more

Details

License: MIT
Open issues: 8,055
Branch: main

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.github/workflows/dedupe-digest.yml

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

.github/workflows/issue-triage.lock.yml

.github/workflows/manual-batch-issue-deduplication.yml

.github/workflows/msstore-submissions.yml

.github/workflows/telemetry-pr-check.yml

CONTRIBUTING.md

Directory.Build.props

README.md

global.json

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