A next-generation bento-box organizer for the Windows desktop.
BentoDesk is a next-generation bento-box organizer for the Windows desktop, powered by Rust and built for quiet elegance. Keep files in reach and noise out of sight: organize the desktop into zones and stacks that open, bloom, and go quiet again. The installer is per-user, fully offline and bilingual.
BentoDesk 2.2.0 completes expanded Zone resizing with the four full edges and
four corners. Edge drags resize one axis, corner drags resize both axes, Windows
resize cursors match the active handle, and the opposite edge stays fixed while
the saved Zone geometry remains stable across restart.
Item cards now adapt their icon and label layout to the available card size.
Higher-resolution native icon sources refresh the old cache automatically;
wrapped labels, stable row geometry, shared scrolling, and centered hover
enlargement keep paint, hit testing, search, Stack previews, and drag-and-drop
aligned.
The Windows updater now uses the default official endpoint
https://api.github.com/repos/ZRainbow1275/bentodesk/releases/latest over
HTTPS. A controlled BENTODESK_UPDATE_MANIFEST_URL may select an HTTPS, file, or
local override. Scheduled checks run immediately and then at the selected cadence
(Weekly by default; Manual disables scheduled checks). Auto-download is enabled
by default. On the default channel, it stages the exact official setup only
after its GitHub SHA-256 digest is verified. A controlled override stages its
declared artifact only after manifest SHA-256 or embedded-key minisign
verification. Installation always requires an explicit user action.
BentoDesk remains local-first: there is no account, project-operated server,
telemetry, analytics, advertising, cloud storage, crash upload, or upload of
desktop file paths, names, icons, or contents. GitHub, or the host selected by a
controlled HTTPS override, can receive ordinary HTTPS request metadata such as
the source IP address and BentoDesk User-Agent under its own policies.
| Publisher | 方寒 |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.2.0 |
| Release date | 2026-08-19 |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | nullsoft |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk |
| Install scope | Current user |
winget install --id=ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk -ewinget upgrade --id=ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk -ewinget uninstall --id=ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk -e"BentoDesk-2.2.0-windows-x64-setup.exe" /S /ACCEPTAGREEMENT /ACCEPTPRIVACYBentoDesk 2.1.0 keeps Zone and Stack capsules inside the current Windows work
area, including scaled displays and taskbars on any edge. Saved positions are
repaired against the visible capsule footprint and remain stable across restart
and work-area changes.
Zone panels again expand toward the available quadrant: capsules on the right
or bottom anchor their panels to the matching edge. Paint, hit testing, search,
drag and drop, and mirrored resizing now consume the same resolved geometry;
Stack management surfaces anchor to the actual Stack capsule.
Zone Editor column choices now remain exact in narrow panels instead of being
silently reduced. Native file icons also preserve RGBA colour channels, and the
old affected icon-cache revision is refreshed automatically at startup.
BentoDesk 2.0.9 updates the project documentation and community launch copy.
The English and Simplified Chinese READMEs now link Linux Do and NodeSeek in
the acknowledgements. Application behavior is unchanged from 2.0.8.
The Windows setup and portable packages are rebuilt from this exact source
commit. Setup remains per-user, offline and bilingual; uninstall preserves
settings unless deletion is separately selected and confirmed.
Yes. BentoDesk is free and open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license.
The latest version is 2.2.0, released on Aug 19, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 21049e8be98964ee344fb9f6e8b6c3386770ac006635f46fe641af9448595e42.
BentoDesk runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "BentoDesk-2.2.0-windows-x64-setup.exe" /S /ACCEPTAGREEMENT /ACCEPTPRIVACY, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find BentoDesk and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=ZRainbow1275.BentoDesk -e.
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