BookerLiu/GeekDesk
GeekDesk
GeekDesk is a Windows desktop quick-launch panel that opens with a global hotkey or middle-click, providing instant access to files and applications. Built as a native Win32 application, it renders its interface directly using Windows window and graphics APIs without relying on any web or cross-platform framework.
The launcher integrates with the Everything search engine to perform full-disk file searches and display results directly within the panel. It also includes a timed reminder scheduler for setting up one-time or recurring notifications, and supports extensive visual customization through user-chosen wallpapers, frosted-glass effects, transparency, and rounded corners.
Users can personalize their launcher shortcuts by selecting from over 80 built-in icons or importing icons from an online library. The application saves all preferences for appearance, hotkeys, and shortcut layout in a structured configuration file that is read at startup.
Features
- Hotkey-Activated Launcher Panels - Provides a compact panel opened by hotkey or middle-click for instant access to files and apps with customizable icons.
- Quick-Launch Application Interfaces - Opens a compact, customizable panel with a global hotkey or middle-click to instantly access files and applications.
- Desktop Panel Systems - Opens a compact panel with a hotkey or middle-click to instantly access files and applications from anywhere on the desktop.
- File Search Launchers - Integrates with Everything to perform full-disk file searches and display results directly in the launcher panel.
- Global Hotkey Triggers - Captures system-wide keyboard and mouse events via Windows low-level hooks to trigger the launcher panel.
- Customizable - Provides a launcher panel with user-chosen wallpapers, frosted-glass effects, transparency, and rounded corners.
- Desktop Composited Visual Layers - Applies frosted-glass effects, transparency, rounded corners, and wallpapers via composited layered windows.
- Raw Win32 UI Renderers - Renders the launcher interface directly using raw Win32 API calls without any framework abstraction.
- Launcher Visual Style Customizers - Applies user-chosen wallpapers, frosted-glass effects, transparency, and rounded corners to the launcher panel.
- Recurring Desktop Reminders - Schedules one-time or recurring reminders that trigger a desktop notification at a specified time.
- Desktop Reminder Schedulers - Manages one-time and recurring reminders that trigger desktop notifications at specified intervals.
- Local Icon Managers - Loads and caches over 80 built-in icons plus imported online icons for launcher shortcuts.
- Launcher Icon Selectors - Selects from over 80 built-in icons or imports icons from an online library to personalize launcher shortcuts.
