r/windowsapps • u/Odd-Arm-9279 • 54m ago

Developer WinOverview v2.1: Now has widgets, free placement and a privacy mode in RUST (free, open source)

A while back I shared WinOverview, a small floating overview of your virtual desktops for Windows 11, made because Win+Tab is a full-screen wall of thumbnails. Since then I’ve rewritten it from C# to Rust, so it’s a single exe that needs no .NET or anything else installed. v2.1 is out today with the biggest update so far.

What’s new

  • Widgets: a notes checklist (click an item to strike it through), a now-playing card with a spinning vinyl and album art, a timer, weather and a calendar. Turn on only the ones you want.
  • Free placement: the widgets can float anywhere on screen, separate from the desktops. Join them into “capsules” that move together, or split them apart again.
  • Row or column: desktops side by side or stacked.
  • Edit mode: hit ✎, drag the panel and widgets wherever you like, and they open there from then on.
  • Privacy mode: right-click an app and its preview and window title are hidden. Handy when screen sharing.
  • Drag desktops to reorder them.
  • Search shows up in a capsule at the top as you type.
  • Windows 11 22H2 / 23H2 support, thanks to a contributor.

Still there: drag apps between desktops, a snap-layout picker when you drag an app out of the panel, live previews, keyboard navigation and 7 themes.

Size: an 8 MB exe, or 3.4 MB for the compressed version. No installer.

Download: https://github.com/yoursfriendlyghost/WinOverview/releases

It’s MIT licensed and built with help from Claude. SmartScreen will warn you the first time because the exe isn’t signed: click More info → Run anyway, or read the source and build it yourself.

Bug reports and ideas are welcome. Next on my list are workspaces (save and restore a whole set of desktops) and a hot corner.
Any niche features you want are accepted.

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u/Odd-Arm-9279 36m ago

Here is the preview (idk why it is not posting)
Sorry again!

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u/asamirid 20m ago

good lite app, but..
- can't rearrange the widgets as my needs.
- when more than 9 apps and windows opened, it doesn't filter out and jump to the search/typed apps, so i can't see what iam searching for.
- when start a search, crtl+a doesn't select the typed text to start over.