Projects sharing features with PowerToys

lf is a terminal-based file manager and TUI file explorer that provides keyboard-driven navigation for browsing and organizing files and directories. It operates as a shell-integrated tool that synchronizes the current working directory with the calling shell and supports vi-style keybindings for filesystem operations. The project distinguishes itself through its ability to render images directly in the terminal via the SIXEL graphics protocol and its shell-driven execution model, which allows users to extend functionality using external shell scripts and commands. It also implements a server

This project is a keyboard-driven terminal file manager designed for efficient navigation and manipulation of local and remote filesystems. It functions as both a standalone console file explorer and a versatile file picker, allowing users to select paths and pass them to external shell commands or system utilities for automated workflows. The application distinguishes itself through a highly modular architecture that supports compile-time feature flagging and static binary compilation, ensuring a minimal memory footprint and portability across environments. Users can extend its core function

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 syn

Glazewm is a tiling window manager and desktop automation framework designed to organize application windows into non-overlapping layouts. It functions as a keyboard-driven controller, allowing users to manage window focus, workspace navigation, and layout configurations entirely through custom keybindings. By intercepting system-level events, the software overrides default window placement and behavior to maximize screen space and maintain a structured workspace. The project distinguishes itself through a highly configurable environment that supports complex multi-monitor setups and dynamic

i3 is a configurable tiling window manager for the X11 window system. It organizes application windows into non-overlapping tiles to maximize screen real estate, utilizing a dynamic layout engine that removes the need for manual positioning or resizing. The system is designed for keyboard-driven desktop workflows, where window organization and behavior are defined through a plain text configuration file. It enables X11 desktop customization by allowing users to programmatically define layouts and keybindings. The manager provides inter-process communication via a Unix domain socket, allowing

yabai is a tiling window manager and workspace orchestrator for macOS. It uses a binary space partitioning algorithm to automatically arrange application windows into non-overlapping rectangular regions to maximize screen real estate. The project provides a command line interface for controlling windows, displays, and virtual spaces, enabling the creation of custom desktop automation scripts. It includes capabilities for managing virtual desktops and disabling system animations to increase navigation speed. The system also supports mouse-based window focus, which automatically shifts the act

Flipper is a mobile app debugging platform and cross-platform debugging bridge that connects a desktop environment to mobile devices. It provides a desktop tool for inspecting logs, network traffic, and layout hierarchies of mobile applications in real time. The platform is built as a plugin-based developer tool, offering a customizable framework for building visual debugging tools and data inspectors. This architecture allows for the creation of specialized plugins and visualizers to monitor internal application data through the desktop interface. The tool covers several functional domains

LightTable is an extensible source code editor and integrated development environment designed as an interactive programming environment. It enables the evaluation of programming language fragments in real time to provide instant feedback on expressions. The workspace functions as a remote execution environment, connecting to and managing external servers to run code within remote processes. It allows for an interactive workflow where users can execute code fragments and track expression values without restarting the environment. The system provides source code editing capabilities, includin

Containerd is a daemon-based container runtime that manages the complete lifecycle of containers on a host system. It functions as a core orchestration backend, handling image distribution, storage, and process execution while adhering to industry-standard specifications for container execution and configuration. The project is distinguished by its modular, plugin-based architecture, which allows for the extension of storage, runtime, and networking capabilities without requiring a full daemon recompile. It utilizes a shim-based execution model to delegate low-level operations, ensuring isola

Slate is a keyboard-driven window manager and tiling system for macOS. It functions as a JavaScript-configurable automation tool and workflow orchestrator, allowing users to resize and position application windows through custom keystroke bindings and predefined spatial configurations. The project distinguishes itself by using a scripting API to define complex window manipulation logic, system event callbacks, and custom input mappings. This allows for the creation of sequenced action chains and the execution of external shell commands tied to specific keyboard shortcuts. Its capabilities in

QuickLook is a utility for the Windows operating system that provides instant file previews through keyboard shortcuts. It allows users to inspect the contents of documents, media, and code without the need to launch the associated software applications. The application integrates directly into the system file manager and open dialog windows, ensuring a consistent preview experience across the operating system. It utilizes a modular plugin architecture that enables the rendering of diverse file formats, including office documents, engineering drawings, and vector graphics, without requiring t

Sigma File Manager is a cross-platform desktop application for browsing, organizing, and searching local and network files through a modern graphical interface. It functions as an integrated file previewer, network storage client, and local network file share utility. The application is built on an extensible architecture that allows users to add custom commands, pages, and settings through a plugin system and marketplace. It distinguishes itself with the ability to stream local files and folders to other devices over a local network using browser access, QR codes, and FTP. Core capabilities

FileConverter is a batch processing utility designed to automate file format transformations and system-level file management. It functions as a metadata-aware engine that integrates directly into the operating system shell, allowing users to trigger conversion tasks through the file manager context menu. The tool distinguishes itself by combining format conversion with automated post-processing workflows. Users can define reusable conversion presets to ensure consistent quality and settings across batch operations. Furthermore, the system utilizes metadata from source files to dynamically ge

This project serves as a comprehensive framework and registry for managing extensions within autonomous assistant environments. It provides the infrastructure necessary to integrate third-party tools, configure diverse language model backends, and deploy persistent agent instances across local or cloud-hosted platforms. The ecosystem distinguishes itself through a modular architecture that prioritizes security and interoperability. It features a centralized system for managing sensitive credentials and scoped permissions, ensuring that external integrations operate within defined access bound

SD Maid SE is an Android storage optimization and system maintenance utility. It focuses on reclaiming disk space by analyzing storage usage and removing duplicate, orphaned, or unused files. The project distinguishes itself through the use of accessibility services to automate repetitive device tasks and manual file reviews by simulating user interactions. It also includes specialized tools for reducing the file size of images and videos through media compression. The system provides a broad range of capabilities including application lifecycle management to freeze or remove software, junk

Etcher is a cross-platform utility designed for creating bootable media by flashing raw disk images onto USB drives and SD cards. It functions as a desktop application that provides a graphical interface for low-level storage device management, ensuring data integrity through built-in validation during the writing process. The application utilizes a unified interface layer to map high-level commands to native system utilities, allowing it to operate consistently across different operating systems. It employs a stream-based data pipeline to pipe image contents directly to storage media, which

Motrix is a cross-platform desktop application designed to manage file transfers across HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent protocols. It functions as a standalone network protocol client that provides a unified graphical interface for controlling active downloads, including the ability to manage concurrent tasks, set bandwidth limits, and process magnet links. The application distinguishes itself through a multi-process architecture that isolates the user interface from background download operations, ensuring system stability during intensive network activity. It optimizes data transfer speeds by uti

This project is a community-driven shell configuration framework designed to manage terminal environments, modular extensions, and command-line interface customizations. It functions as an environment manager that standardizes shell settings and appearance across diverse Unix-like operating systems, ensuring a consistent experience through automated deployment and initialization scripts. The framework distinguishes itself through a modular plugin architecture and a comprehensive theme system that allows for deep visual and functional customization. Users can extend shell capabilities by activ

The Windows Package Manager is a command line tool for discovering, installing, upgrading, and configuring software packages on Windows operating systems. It functions as a CLI software installer for automating the deployment and update of applications across individual or machine-wide user profiles. The project extends its functionality through a component object model interface for integration into other Windows applications and a set of native cmdlets that allow system administrators to manage software installation via PowerShell scripts. The tool covers a broad range of package lifecycle

This project is a command-line text viewer designed to enhance terminal output through automatic syntax highlighting and integrated file management. It functions as a replacement for standard system pagers, providing a readable interface for large text streams, source code, and markup files by applying color-coded formatting directly to the terminal output. The utility distinguishes itself through deep integration with version control systems, allowing users to inspect repository status and historical file changes with visual markers displayed in the output margin. It employs heuristic-based

MonitorControl is a macOS display control utility and external monitor manager. It functions as a DDC/CI display controller that allows users to adjust the brightness and volume of third-party monitors using native Apple keyboard keys. The software mimics native macOS hardware feedback by implementing a system overlay tool that renders on-screen display indicators during adjustments. It further provides the ability to synchronize brightness levels across multiple screens or replicate ambient light sensor changes to external displays. The utility includes capabilities for mapping custom keybo

CPU Info is a multiplatform application which provides information about device hardware and software

AppManager is a comprehensive suite of tools for managing applications on Android devices. It provides utilities for controlling application lifecycles, modifying manifests, and administering installed packages. The project distinguishes itself through deep system integration, offering capabilities to analyze and block specific application components such as activities, services, and broadcast receivers. It includes a system for saving and restoring applications along with their associated data and permissions, as well as tools for auditing and modifying runtime and development permissions.

Stats is a system performance monitor that tracks real-time hardware metrics and resource usage directly from the operating system menu bar. It functions as a hardware control interface, allowing users to adjust fan speeds and thermal settings to maintain optimal performance levels for computing hardware. The application distinguishes itself through kernel-level sensor polling, which retrieves telemetry by interfacing directly with low-level system drivers and power management APIs. It provides remote infrastructure oversight via a web-based telemetry dashboard, enabling users to view live pe

This project provides a desktop-based interface for remote control and screen mirroring of Android devices. It functions by establishing a persistent, multiplexed communication channel over the Android Debug Bridge, allowing for the transmission of raw binary data streams between a host computer and a connected mobile device. The tool distinguishes itself by injecting a lightweight binary into the mobile runtime to access system-level APIs for direct screen buffer capture and input event injection. By translating desktop mouse and keyboard signals into native Linux kernel events, it enables r

Kit is a desktop automation framework and scriptable UI toolkit designed for building personalized productivity tools. It serves as a cross-platform CLI wrapper and macOS system automator, providing an environment to execute scripts that manage operating system tasks, file management, and application workflows. The project distinguishes itself with a dedicated LLM integration layer for structured data extraction and text generation, alongside a specialized UI framework for creating interactive input forms, HTML windows, and floating widgets. It features deep macOS integration through AppleScr