# eythaann/Seelen-UI **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/eythaann-seelen-ui).** 15,953 stars · 485 forks · Rust · agpl-3.0 ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/eythaann-seelen-ui.md ## Topics `app-launcher` `desktop-application` `dock` `finder` `multilanguage` `seelen` `seelen-ui` `taskbar` `tauri` `tauri-app` `tiling-window-manager` `toolbar` `tools` `topbar` `wallpaper` `web` `web-technologies` `windows` `windows-11` ## Description Seelen-UI is a graphical shell and window management utility for Windows that provides a modular, keyboard-driven desktop environment. It enables users to organize application windows through automated tiling, stacking, and floating layouts, while offering a framework for creating interactive desktop widgets using web technologies. The project distinguishes itself by integrating a web-based rendering engine that bridges system-state data to HTML and CSS interfaces, allowing for highly customizable widgets and dynamic visual themes. It features real-time wallpaper analysis to automatically synchronize accent colors across the entire shell, ensuring a cohesive visual identity that adapts to the user's background imagery. Beyond its core window management capabilities, the environment includes a comprehensive suite of automation tools, such as a fuzzy-matching application launcher, global hotkey configuration, and system-wide input interception. Users can manage their workspace through file-based configuration, which maintains consistent settings and preferences across sessions. The platform also provides mechanisms for monitoring hardware metrics and media playback, exposing this data directly to the desktop interface for persistent visibility. ## Tags ### Operating Systems & Systems Programming - [Tiling Window Managers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/display-windowing/tiling-window-managers.md) — Functions as a graphical shell for Windows featuring automatic window tiling and customizable web-based widgets. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/changelog.md)) - [Window Management Systems](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/desktop-environment-frameworks/desktop-environment-components/window-management-systems.md) — Organizes and controls window placement and behavior within a graphical shell to maintain a structured workspace. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/Cargo.toml)) - [Global Keyboard Shortcuts](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/desktop-environment-frameworks/desktop-environment-components/desktop-application-utilities/global-keyboard-shortcuts.md) — Allows users to define system-wide hotkeys to manage window focus, navigate workspaces, and trigger process termination. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/changelog.md)) - [Desktop Environments & UI](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/desktop-environment-frameworks/desktop-environment-components/desktop-environments-ui.md) — Allows users to place interactive information panels like clocks and system monitors directly onto the wallpaper layer. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI#readme)) - [Input Event Interception](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/operating-systems-systems-programming/hardware-interfacing-drivers/input-event-interception.md) — Captures low-level keyboard and mouse signals to trigger custom shell commands and window management actions globally. ### User Interface & Experience - [Customizable Workspaces](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/customizable-workspaces.md) — Offers a modular workspace platform for deep customization of themes, hotkeys, and window management. - [Dynamic Theming](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/dynamic-theming.md) — Provides real-time wallpaper analysis to automatically synchronize accent colors across the entire shell interface. - [Desktop Environment Customizers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/desktop-environment-customizers.md) — Enables the creation and customization of modular desktop widgets like docks and system monitors. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/changelog.md)) - [Color System Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/ui-architecture/design-utilities/design-systems/color-system-utilities.md) — Analyzes wallpaper imagery in real time to automatically derive and apply matching accent colors across shell components. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI#readme)) - [Embedded Web Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/web-based-rendering-engines/embedded-web-renderers.md) — Renders modular desktop components using an embedded web engine that bridges system data to HTML and CSS interfaces. - [Custom Widget Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/custom-widget-frameworks.md) — Enables the creation of standalone graphical components using web technologies with full access to system state. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/AGENTS.md)) - [Playback Controllers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/playback-controllers.md) — Provides global media playback controls integrated directly into the desktop shell interface. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI#readme)) ### Web Development - [Widget Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/widget-frameworks.md) — Provides a development kit for creating interactive desktop widgets using web technologies with real-time system data access. ### Business & Productivity Software - [Desktop Personalization Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/business-productivity-software/desktop-personalization-tools.md) — Manages system-wide visual identity through dynamic accent color synchronization and layered wallpaper configurations. ### Development Tools & Productivity - [Application Launchers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/terminal-shell-cli/system-command-interfaces/application-launchers.md) — Provides a keyboard-driven interface with fuzzy matching to search and launch applications, files, and system commands. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI#readme)) - [Desktop Customization Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/desktop-customization-frameworks.md) — Provides a framework for building and styling personalized graphical shells using web technologies. - [Input Automation Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/input-automation-tools.md) — Intercepts system-wide input events to trigger custom shell commands or window management actions based on user-defined patterns. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/Cargo.toml)) - [Workflow Automations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/workflow-automations.md) — Automates system workflows through global hotkeys, input interception, and custom shell command execution. ### Networking & Communication - [Message Bus Interfaces](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/message-bus-interfaces.md) — Exposes real-time hardware metrics and process information to external widgets through a standardized communication interface. ### System Administration & Monitoring - [System Monitoring](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-monitoring.md) — Tracks hardware metrics and system information to provide real-time status updates within the desktop interface. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/Cargo.toml)) - [System Configuration Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/system-administration-monitoring/system-configuration-management.md) — Provides a centralized interface to adjust shell settings, keybindings, and workspace rules through file-based configuration. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI#readme)) ### Data & Databases - [Data Exposure](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/data-databases/data-modification-apis/data-exposure.md) — Exposes real-time system metrics and media status to desktop widgets via a standardized data interface. ([source](https://github.com/eythaann/Seelen-UI/blob/master/changelog.md)) ### Security & Cryptography - [Local Configuration Files](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/security-cryptography/file-based-configuration/local-configuration-files.md) — Maintains system state and user preferences in local text files to ensure consistent behavior across sessions.