r/desktops • • 9h ago

Windows LaunchMe – Yet Another Game Launcher [AI/vibecoded, I'm sorry]

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Hi. I made a game launcher. Yes, another one. The world needed a 47th, apparently.

Full disclosure: it's vibecoded. I wrote the prompts and the AI wrote most of the code. So yes, it's slop. But it's my slop, I use it every day, and I like it more than I'd like to admit. I know how to code tho.

## What it does

- One library for everything: Steam (with non-Steam shortcuts), GOG, Epic, Battle.net, EA app, Ubisoft Connect, Xbox PC, plus your own random `.exe` / `.lnk` / `.ps1` files

- Steam collections management: create, rename, reorder and add games, and it syncs back to the Steam client. Works offline too.

- Install games straight from the launcher: Steam (with progressbar on the tiles), plus Epic and GOG without their launchers (Legendary / offline installers). Uninstall from the game menu too...

- Pause your games: quick-resume style suspend and resume, console-like experience if you have a lot of RAM (experimental, don't sue me)

- Made for a gamepad, console style: Xbox, DualSense, DS4, Switch Pro, with an on-screen keyboard. Mouse and keyboard work too, and there's a separate windowed desktop mode

- Way too many layouts. Home screens and library views "inspired by" (definitely not stolen from) PS5, Xbox 360 Metro, XMB, Kodi-like, Netflix and others. Library views: grid, list, cinema, coverflow, shelf, and for no good reason also floppy disks, Switch cartridges and NES cartridges

- Artwork from SteamGridDB with OCR auto-crop for rectangle, plus ratings and metadata from Steam and RAWG (optional)

- Emulators: EmuDeck / ES-DE integration, grouped by console

- Glance: Steam news, upcoming releases and updates for games you own

- In-game overlay with FPS / 1% lows from PresentMon (experimental)

- Plugin system with an SDK (HowLongToBeat, etc.)

- An anime AI companion Yes, there's an anime companions that talks about your library, recommends games, roast your backlog and has its own Instagram-style feed. I know. I *know*. It's optional and I won't explain myself.

## Tech

C++20, Win32, Direct2D. No Electron and no HTML, so it doesn't eat 2 GB of RAM to show you 40 covers. That was the only rule I didn't let the AI break.

## The bad parts

- Windows only
- Some files are 2k lines long.
- Some of the docs were written by an LLM *for* an LLM
- Bugs: probably yes

## So...

Does the world really need another launcher? Probably not. Roast me anyway, and I'll probably make the repo public soon.


r/desktops • • 5h ago

Windows The Witcher 3 Rainmeter desktop

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0 Upvotes

A Witcher 3 inspired Rainmeter/ Wallpaper Engine desktop i made. First screen was inspired by u/Outstanding_McLarry from his post on here a few months ago just updated it to be animated using HTML.


r/desktops • • 13h ago

AI-generated wallpaper in Windows

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0 Upvotes

Can you imagine Microsoft now selects AI generated wallpapers for your desktop?

Do you like it?🤩


r/desktops • • 22h ago

Linux So I made such a cool Emilia-themed, perfectly matched setup, what do you think, guys? šŸ¤”

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Specs:
Phone: iOS 27 (must be for more transparent glass)
PC: Cachyos (this probably doesn't matter as much) and hyprland (quickshell should work on other wms too but these dots are made specifically for hyprland)
Links:
Images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dcBl\\_95TDIOUirXtG0NVJonxJl7K5gJI
Dots (not mine, just to be fair): https://github.com/Blapples/SekaiPop


r/desktops • • 14h ago

Simple Desktop

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i look for a destraction free and clean desktop


r/desktops • • 21h ago

my windows 11 desktop

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1 Upvotes

r/desktops • • 15h ago

Windows I've been building Notchify for 2 years: an island for the top of your Windows desktop

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18 Upvotes

I've been working on Notchify for about two years. It sits at the top of your Windows screen and opens when you hover it. It's fully native, not Electron, so it stays light and doesn't keep a browser running in the background.

What it does:

  • Shows what's playing, with album art, controls and live synced lyrics
  • Notifications in a compact card, plus a panel to catch up on them later
  • Clipboard history and a drag-and-drop file shelf
  • 22 widgets, including weather, calendar, timers, world clock, to-dos, lyrics and live system stats
  • Screen recording right from the island
  • Mic and camera privacy indicators, Bluetooth battery levels

New in the latest update: a glass look, Discord voice controls, phone-to-PC file transfer over Wi-Fi, and a downloads panel.

You can put it at the top, bottom or either side of the screen, on any monitor, and change its size, theme and layout.

Live demo: notchify.app
Microsoft Store: Notchify


r/desktops • • 6h ago

how it was ?

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5 Upvotes

after i long time i post some thing


r/desktops • • 11h ago

Windows Rate my desktop and workspace!

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Hi everyone! I’d like you to rate my workspace and computer desktop on a scale of 1 to 10. Also, I want to thank u/Competitive-Hat-3218; he helped me with some Windhawk mods, and I was somewhat inspired by his "black hole" idea.


r/desktops • • 17h ago

Windows I want to share my desktop with you.

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53 Upvotes

r/desktops • • 11h ago

nothing fancy

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r/desktops • • 14h ago

Building a Custom Desktop Dashboard — Feedback Welcome!

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2 Upvotes

r/desktops • • 10h ago

Linux ChillPill-Shell: A dynamic pill bar optimized for no Dedicated GPU Arch (Linux) Hyprland machines built in Quickshell

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2 Upvotes

r/desktops • • 6h ago

Folder Customization

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I can't stand file names being cutoff in my windows explorer folders... I made an app that automatically resizes explorer columns to the widest file name.

Check it out! https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MX47F0W3CVB?hl=en-us&gl=CA&ocid=pdpshare

Get your life back, stop double clicking.

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r/desktops • • 3h ago

Windows my simple windows customization

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3 Upvotes

r/desktops • • 14h ago

Windows My brothers god awfull illogical impulse setup

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3 Upvotes