as the title suggests matugen is integrated with every apps and programs shown for the purpose of dynamic wallpaper based theming.
And almost everything in my rice that you'll see from mods to themes (especially the TUI YouTube and vs code) are made by me.
please give your thoughts and make sure to leave an upvote if you liked it.
as for the dots I'll make sure to leave the link to the repo once i release it.
the RAM usage on idle is 3-3.5 GiB (also in the fastfetch)

Here is my setup. The light is not correct one but still is fine, what do you think?

No WSL.

Wezterm and Komorebi.

Remapped Win key to handle everything WM and spawn progr related, Alt for Wezterm.

i play a lot of valve and minecraft

i gave up on the middle bottom right, what do we think

I just published a new update to Pets Therapy - Desktop Pets with the new feature where Pets gets picked up by a school bus which drives them to school! 😀 What do you guys think of this feature?

[Update] GlassDesk Pro v3.3.0 is live: 4 Languages, PWA & Store Icon Engine, Unified Stack Dragging & Sub-Second Startup!

Hey everyone! 👋

A huge thank you to the Reddit community and everyone who shared bug reports, ideas, and setup feedback on our previous builds. Thanks to your direct feedback, **GlassDesk Pro v3.3.0** is now officially live on the Microsoft Store!

For those new here, GlassDesk Pro is a lightweight, native desktop organization tool for Windows 10 & 11 that organizes your icons into translucent acrylic glass fences with hover auto-rollups, folder portals, virtual desktop pages, and multi-monitor memory.

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### 🔥 What's New in v3.3.0 (Community-Driven Polish):

- 🌐 **Full 4-Language Localization:** Added native English, Spanish, Portuguese (Português - Brasil) and German (Deutsch) with live instant switching.

- 🖼️ **Native PWA & Store Icon Engine:** High-resolution icon rendering for Web Apps (X, WhatsApp, Notion, Canva) and Microsoft Store UWP apps (Adobe, Spotify, Netflix).

- 📸 **Independent Folder Portal Previews:** Every image, photo, and video now generates its own crisp thumbnail without cache collisions.

- ✨ **Unified Stack Drag Handle (`⋮⋮`):** Move entire stacked columns together as a single solid block.

- 🛡️ **Zero Window Stealing (`WS_EX_NOACTIVATE`):** Containers stay strictly on the desktop wallpaper layer and will never pop over active games or browser windows.

- 🎨 **True Acrylic Glass Tinting:** Custom accent colors tint the translucent glass body with vibrant saturation.

- 📦 **1-Click Desktop Restore & Self-Healing:** Return all shortcuts to your raw desktop anytime with 1 click.

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### 📦 Where to get it:

- 🏬 **Microsoft Store (15-day Free Trial):** https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NM15J551MRX?hl=es-es&gl=UY&ocid=pdpshare

- 💼 **Zero-Install Portable Edition:** Available on our store page with full digital signing.

Would love to hear your feedback and see your desktop setups! Thank you for supporting indie Windows development! 🚀

Thoughts?

Hey guys! I’m looking for a proper, native StartAllBack skin (.msstyles) that brings back the authentic Windows 7 Aero Glass look (dark theme) on Windows 11.

I want to avoid those "hybrid" themes that mix Win11 elements with Win7, and I’m not looking for themes that require ExplorerPatcher or manually renaming files into Explorer7 folders. Just a clean, free .msstyles folder to drop into %localappdata%\StartAllBack\Styles that gives the full Aero experience (authentic 3D glow buttons, thick glass frames, and dark/readable titlebar text).

Right now, StartAllBack only gives me the glossy effect on the taskbar without the actual Aero Glass frames. On top of that, the minimize/maximize/close (_ 🗖 X) buttons are still the default flat Windows 11 ones. I'm currently using DWMBlurGlass alongside StartAllBack, as my main goal is to fully transform Windows 11 into Windows 7 without half-baked hybrid visuals (see attached screenshot).

Does anyone have a direct download link or a recommendation for a solid, pure Win7 skin built specifically for StartAllBack? Thanks!

Hey guys,

I am the developer of BetterStickies, it is very customizable with transparency dialing on windows and linux, image and GIF sticking on desktops so I hope you like it!

What it is, for anyone new

A sticky notes app for Windows,Linux, macOS (soon). Offline, no account, no telemetry. Built with PySide6 so it's actually native, not another Electron app eating your RAM.

I built it because I wanted quick capture that lives on the desktop instead of inside another app I have to open. Windows Sticky Notes wants a sign-in, and on Linux there was nothing decent that works the same across KDE, GNOME and Cinnamon. It also helps my ADHD to have things persist on screen where I can't ignore them.

The main thing it does that other sticky apps don't: you can paste or drag anything into a note.

• Files and folders become clickable shortcuts, and you can drag them back out to your file manager
• Screenshots and images paste straight from the clipboard, PDFs and images get a hover preview, and double-click opens an image at full resolution
• Pasted code gets detected and formatted into a code block automatically, no AI and no network, in about 50ms. Ctrl+M when it guesses wrong
• Rich text, links, plain text, all formatted properly instead of rejected

Other things worth knowing:

• Reminders with sound and desktop notifications
• GIF and image backgrounds per note (because why not)
• RTL text support, and the app plus its full guide are in 12 languages
• Pin a note to lock both position and editing
• Ctrl+scroll to zoom text without opening settings
• Checkboxes with strikethrough when done and nesting
• Snap to grid with an adjustable grid size
• Export to .txt, .md or .json, so you can back them up with whatever cloud you like
• Proper Linux support, tested on KDE, GNOME and Cinnamon (COSMIC coming)
• On the Microsoft Store and the Snap store, Flathub coming soon

What's new in v1.2

Notes have tabs now. Up to three pages inside one note, each with its own text, scroll position and undo history. Ctrl+PgDown and Ctrl+PgUp to move between them, Ctrl+Shift+N for a new one, all rebindable. If you have a small screen this is the feature: one note on the desktop, three notes' worth of content in it.

Search reads every page of every note, including hidden notes and pages you've never opened.

The free version now has exactly one limit. It used to have three: a note cap, a reminders cap, and a cap on animated GIF backgrounds. The reminder and GIF limits are gone entirely, so the free version now has every feature, and the only thing left is a budget of 4 note slots (an extra tab uses a slot).

A new look: in-app color picker, themed icons instead of emoji, and one shared design system across every dialog. Reminders moved out of the text into their own strip on the note.

"Start with the hub hidden" if you want it fully out of the way at boot.

65 fixes across formatting, file shortcuts, dates, translations, read-only notes, global shortcuts and desktop integration on both Linux and Windows.

And v1.2.1 last week fixed the things users told me about after v1.2: notes surviving Show Desktop on Windows, window stacking on Cinnamon, reminders retrying instead of getting lost, images keeping their size and rotation after a restart.

⚠️ One warning if you use tabs: don't downgrade to an older build afterwards. Old versions understand one page per note, so opening and saving a tabbed note there permanently drops its other pages. Export first if you're going back.

As always, if you try it and something annoys you, tell me here. Most new features and fixes are built on users feedback (tens of thousands are using BetterStickies today)

Website: https://betterstickies.com

Microsoft store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NS7LLQJX1QG

Snap Store: https://snapcraft.io/betterstickies

Subreddit: r/BetterStickies

Github (free releases and bug reports): https://github.com/HimaSphere/BetterStickies

yes it's a little basic compare to other ones seen in this sub, but it's pretty clean

Rate my desktop！！

Not much aesthetically pleasant but I feel comfortable, hehe

Links:

1. Windhawk Extension:

• Windows 11 Taskbar Styler
• Windows 11 Start Menu Styler

1. Glass New Tab Chrome:

• WIXTAB

1. Matching desktops:

• Desktopper!

1. Wallpaper Engine:

• Beach Waves

I finally finished my Minecraft-inspired Windows 11 desktop setup.

It started as a visual theme, but gradually became a functional desktop shell. The HUD displays real system information, the inventory opens apps and folders, the music widget follows browser playback, and the jukebox stores YouTube links as Minecraft music discs.

The taskbar also changes dynamically: while I am on the desktop it becomes a raised Minecraft hotbar, but when a window is maximized or fullscreen it returns to a compact native Windows taskbar. This behavior works independently on each monitor.

WHAT IS FUNCTIONAL

- Live Minecraft-style system HUD

- Armor, hearts, hunger, air and XP-inspired system meters

- Inventory that launches apps and folders

- Browser-aware music information and playback controls

- YouTube jukebox using Minecraft music discs

- Music visualizer

- Dynamic Minecraft/native Windows taskbar

- Independent taskbar switching for each monitor

- Rainmeter-to-Windhawk taskbar bridge

- Custom pixelated app icons

MY ORIGINAL WORK

Pixelated Icons:

I created the pixelated icons used in the inventory and taskbar. The pack contains 23 transparent PNG icons.

https://www.deviantart.com/vitorporanga/art/1374892819?action=published

Dynamic Taskbar Theme Switcher:

I developed a custom Windhawk mod that switches between the Minecraft Hotbar and the native Windows taskbar depending on the state of each monitor.

A separate post and source download for the mod are coming soon. I will update this post with the link.

Minecraft Rainmeter customization:

I customized and integrated the HUD, inventory, player, visualizer and YouTube jukebox into this setup.

A separate Rainmeter skin post and cleaned-up download are also coming soon.

Rainmeter Taskbar Bridge:

I created a local PowerShell and Lua bridge that lets Rainmeter detect the active taskbar position and presentation. It moves the inventory button next to the hotbar and automatically recovers after Explorer or display changes.

The bridge only reads local Windows and Windhawk information. It does not contact the internet.

CORE SOFTWARE

Rainmeter:

https://www.rainmeter.net/

Windhawk:

https://windhawk.net/

Wallpaper Engine:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/431960/Wallpaper_Engine/

RAINMETER COMPONENTS

The main system HUD is my customized version of DMeloper's Block HUD.

DMeloper's Block HUD:

https://github.com/d-meloper/dmelopers-block-hud

I adapted its Minecraft meters to display values such as disk space, CPU headroom, available RAM and VRAM, network quality and combined system usage.

The player and visualizer were adapted from the Minecraft Rainmeter setup originally assembled by u/Zoxuv:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Rainmeter/comments/jnloqf/my_minecraft_rainmeter_setup/

Cleartext by Redsaph:

https://github.com/redsaph/cleartext

Lano Visualizer by MarcoPixel:

https://github.com/marcopixel/Lano-Visualizer

Elegant Clock:

https://rainmeterhub.com/skins/elegant-clock/

Minecraft font:

https://fontmeme.com/fonts/minecraft-font/

WebNowPlaying:

https://github.com/keifufu/WebNowPlaying-Rainmeter

My changes include the system mappings, Minecraft playback controls, WebNowPlaying and YouTube fallback, automatic player visibility, the disc-based YouTube jukebox, layout integration and communication with the taskbar.

WALLPAPER

The animated Minecraft wallpaper used in this setup was created by GERMANO.

Steam Workshop:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3339891336

WINDHAWK MODS AND SETTINGS

This setup currently has 17 enabled Windhawk mods. Two additional mods are installed but disabled.

1) Better file sizes in Explorer details — version 1.5.1

https://windhawk.net/mods/explorer-details-better-file-sizes

Settings: folder size calculation disabled, folders mixed into size sorting, human-readable file sizes enabled and IEC terminology disabled.

2) F1 Blocker — version 0.0.3

https://windhawk.net/mods/f1-blocker

Blocks HelpPane in Explorer, Notepad, 7-Zip and WinRAR.

3) File Explorer WinUI-Like Content Animation — version 1.0.1

https://windhawk.net/mods/file-explorer-content-animation

Settings: 420 ms duration, distance 32, navigation delay 140 ms and first-open delay 500 ms.

4) Invisible Window Borders — version 1.0.0

https://windhawk.net/mods/invisible-borders

Applied to standard windows, with devenv.exe excluded.

5) Dynamic Taskbar Theme Switcher — version 2.5.18

This is my custom local Windhawk mod.

Main settings:

- Minecraft Hotbar while on the desktop

- Native Windows taskbar when a window is maximized

- Independent switching for each monitor

- Six-second desktop return delay

- 55 px Minecraft slots

- 28 px taskbar icons

- 70 px hotbar height

- Hotbar raised 90 px from the bottom

- Blue inactive indicators

- Orange active indicators

- Native taskbar customization enabled

- Click-through behavior enabled

- Rounded clipping enabled

The mod is a customized derivative of Windows 11 Taskbar Styler by m417z:

https://windhawk.net/mods/windows-11-taskbar-styler

Its Minecraft visual rules are based on the Minecraft Hotbar theme by WasiXGamer:

https://github.com/ramensoftware/windows-11-taskbar-styling-guide/tree/main/Themes/Minecraft%20Hotbar

6) Modernize Folder Picker Dialog — version 1.0.0

https://windhawk.net/mods/modernize-folder-picker-dialog

Default settings.

7) Slick Window Arrangement — version 1.0.2

https://windhawk.net/mods/slick-window-arrangement

Settings: snap distance 25, Alt disables snapping, sliding animation enabled and animation slowdown set to 15.

8) Taskbar Background Helper — version 1.2

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-background-helper

Settings: RGB 123/127/39, 50% opacity and only enabled while a window is maximized.

9) Middle click to close on the taskbar — version 1.0.9

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-button-click

Middle-click closes all windows in a group. Ctrl+click ends the selected task.

10) Taskbar Thumbnail Reorder — version 1.1.5

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-thumbnail-reorder

Default settings.

11) Taskbar Thumbnail Size — version 1.2.1

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-thumbnail-size

Settings: 130% scale, 180 x 120 minimum and maximum size, with aspect ratio preserved.

12) Taskbar Volume Control Per-App — version 1.1.4

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-volume-control-per-app

Settings: 10% volume steps and Ctrl+click to mute.

13) Win+D per monitor — version 1.5.260416

https://windhawk.net/mods/win-d-per-monitor

Ignores windows smaller than 100 px and topmost windows without a title bar.

14) Windows 11 File Explorer Styler — version 1.6

https://windhawk.net/mods/windows-11-file-explorer-styler

Theme: Translucent Explorer11.

15) Windows 11 Notification Center Styler — version 1.6

https://windhawk.net/mods/windows-11-notification-center-styler

Theme: WindowGlass.

16) Windows 11 Start Menu Styler — version 1.7

https://windhawk.net/mods/windows-11-start-menu-styler

Theme: WindowGlass.

17) WinUI Context Menu Animation — version 1.0.1

https://windhawk.net/mods/winui-context-menu-animation

Settings: 320 ms animation, 80 ms fade and 6 ms timer interval.

INSTALLED BUT CURRENTLY DISABLED

18) Disable grouping on the taskbar — version 1.3.10

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-grouping

19) Taskbar tray system icon tweaks — version 1.3

https://windhawk.net/mods/taskbar-tray-system-icon-tweaks

WALLPAPER

The animated Minecraft lo-fi wallpaper was created by DiMitryMladenovic, also known as Dime.

Original post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/jna5fn/i_made_this_lofi_looking_scene_for_minecraft_songs/

Wallpaper Engine version:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2276320172

Creator's YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/c/dime20

CREDITS

- DMeloper for Block HUD and its original components

- u/Zoxuv for assembling the original Minecraft Rainmeter music setup

- Redsaph for Cleartext

- MarcoPixel for Lano Visualizer

- The creators of Elegant Clock and the Minecraft font

- tjhrulz and keifufu for WebNowPlaying

- m417z for Windhawk, Windows 11 Taskbar Styler and the Windhawk modding foundation

- WasiXGamer for the original Minecraft Hotbar taskbar theme

- GERMANO for the animated Minecraft wallpaper

- OpenAI Codex assisted with implementation, debugging, integration and release documentation; I tested, customized and tuned the complete setup on my own PC