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Windows-desktop projects on GitHub

Desktop applications and utilities for the Windows platform.

As of , the most-starred Windows-desktop projects on GitHub are ExplorerPatcher (34.1K stars), xbmc (21.3K stars) and ContextMenuManager (20.3K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 6 Windows-desktop repositories with 99.4K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was DeskBox, with +47 stars in a day.

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99.4KStars in total
+90Stars in a day
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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+47

DeskBox

Tianyu199509/DeskBox · ★ 7K

DeskBox is a free, open-source Windows desktop organizer that adds native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets backed by real folders, plus extras like todos, quick notes, search, weather, and music controls.

+15

NanaZip

M2Team/NanaZip · ★ 15.9K

An open source file archiver forked from the source code of 7-Zip, rebuilt for the modern Windows experience with a Fluent-style UI, MSIX packaging and extra codecs and hash algorithms.

+11

ExplorerPatcher

valinet/ExplorerPatcher · ★ 34.1K

ExplorerPatcher is a Windows customization tool that restores and tweaks the classic Windows 10-style interface (taskbar, Start menu, Alt+Tab window switcher) on newer Windows versions like Windows 11.

+7

ContextMenuManager

BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager · ★ 20.3K

ContextMenuManager is a Windows tool that lets you enable, disable, and customize right-click context menu items for files, folders, new-item menus, send-to, open-with, custom file formats, IE, and WinX menus.

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6 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · valinet/ExplorerPatcher

    ExplorerPatcher

    ExplorerPatcher is a Windows customization tool that restores and tweaks the classic Windows 10-style interface (taskbar, Start menu, Alt+Tab window switcher) on newer Windows versions like Windows 11.

    34.1K
  2. #2 · xbmc/xbmc

    xbmc

    Kodi is a free and open source media player and entertainment hub: one app that organizes and plays your movies, music, and photos, built to turn any computer into a home theater.

    21.3K
  3. #3 · BluePointLilac/ContextMenuManager

    ContextMenuManager

    ContextMenuManager is a Windows tool that lets you enable, disable, and customize right-click context menu items for files, folders, new-item menus, send-to, open-with, custom file formats, IE, and WinX menus.

    20.3K
  1. 4

    NanaZip

    15.9KM2Team/NanaZip · C++

    An open source file archiver forked from the source code of 7-Zip, rebuilt for the modern Windows experience with a Fluent-style UI, MSIX packaging and extra codecs and hash algorithms.

  2. 5

    DeskBox

    7KTianyu199509/DeskBox · C#

    DeskBox is a free, open-source Windows desktop organizer that adds native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets backed by real folders, plus extras like todos, quick notes, search, weather, and music controls.

  3. 6

    deepseek-harness-desktop

    824ningbainb/deepseek-harness-desktop · JavaScript

    DeepSeek Harness Desktop is a community-maintained open-source Windows desktop client for DeepSeek Harness (DSH). It bundles the Harness web surface, local runtime, plugins, skills, Git tools, task automation and remote development into a single installable app.

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