DeskBox

DeskBox 1.5.7

A free, open-source Windows desktop organizer with native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets.

  • By 朱天雨
  • Open Source
  • Updated Oct 13, 2026
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About DeskBox

DeskBox is a free, open-source Windows desktop organizer with native-feeling WinUI 3 widgets. It organizes desktop files, maps existing folders, and keeps everyday tools close without replacing Explorer or changing how your files work. Its real-folder-backed widgets make it a modern open-source alternative to tools such as Stardock Fences, while todos, quick notes, search, weather, and music controls remain useful extras. DeskBox uses Mica and Acrylic materials, stores everything locally, and ships x64 and ARM64 builds in more than a dozen interface languages.

What's new in 1.5.7

DeskBox 1.5.7 is a reliability and polish update: tray exit now always ends the process (a residual background process could survive exit and slowly eat memory on certain machines), the Windows 10 drag-out settings card is fixed, dialogs follow the app's theme override again, and desktop-organization rule rows are clickable once more.
Released on October 13, 2026.
Highlights
- Exit reliability. Quitting from the tray now always ends the process. On machines where the system's application-exit handshake stalls — typically Windows with UAC fully disabled and an elevated Explorer — a background DeskBox process used to survive "exit": the tray vanished and a restart worked, but the leftover process slowly ate memory and kept the right-click menu proxy alive beside it (feedback 555/556). Every shutdown path now carries a delayed hard-exit backstop, and the elevation notice and search popup close along with shutdown. Direct and Store builds share the fix.
- Windows 10: the drag-out card keeps its title. Under Settings → File widgets → drag-and-drop behavior, the "when dragging out of a widget" card lost its title and question-mark tip on Windows 10, and its Windows 10 explanation could stretch the card out of shape or spill outside it on scaled, narrower windows. The explanation now renders in the card's description area and wraps safely at any width and scale; Windows 11 is unchanged.
- Dialogs follow the app theme again. The desktop-organization abandon dialog, its preview cards, and the hotkey recorder had been picking up the raw system theme whenever the app's theme override disagreed with it; they now resolve against their own window theme, and desktop-organization rule rows rebuild on theme flips.
- Rule rows click again. A leftover chevron (double arrows) and a click-swallowing guard shipped together in the 1.5.6 conversion of desktop-organization rule rows; both are fixed and pinned by a contract test.
See CHANGELOG.md for the complete list.

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Technical details

Publisher朱天雨
Version1.5.7
Release date2026-10-13
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Installer typeinno
Architecturex64, arm64
Package IDTianyu199509.DeskBox
Install scopeCurrent user

Install DeskBox from the command line

Install with Windows Package Manager
winget install --id=Tianyu199509.DeskBox -e
Update to the latest version
winget upgrade --id=Tianyu199509.DeskBox -e
Uninstall
winget uninstall --id=Tianyu199509.DeskBox -e
Silent install with the offline installer
"DeskBox_Setup_1.5.7_x64.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- /CURRENTUSER

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DeskBox version history

1.5.6 Oct 12, 2026

DeskBox 1.5.6 是一次功能大版本:格子归属所在显示器、每种显示器组合独立布局并随缩放弹性重排,备份还原适配落地机器,格子支持图标/背景/全景装扮,设置窗口完成信息架构梳理,发版前文件安全审计关闭了全部可达数据丢失路径。
2026 年 10 月 12 日发布。
主要更新
- 格子归属显示器。 拖到哪块屏就归属哪块屏,每种显示器组合各自记住摆放;拔屏后宽限迁移(或收胶囊),插回精确归位。新「显示器」页支持识别、一键固定布局、指定新格子默认屏。
- 布局随缩放弹性重排。 档案按每屏参考系记录尺寸与锚点,1080p↔4K、远程会话、DPI 往返按弹性规则重排;切主屏、重排显示器、全屏游戏、晚到扩展坞都不再打乱格子。
- 还原适配本机。 整包还原到另一台电脑或账户时自启按备份状态重注册、账户本地路径迁入当前用户并说明适配项;商店版还原不再在重启环节失败。
- 装扮你的格子。 表情/图片图标、每格背景图(契合+明暗)、边框样式、三种全局背景模式(跟随材质/统一图片/全景取景)、文字阴影开关。
- 快捷键自己录。 按住即录,Win/Ctrl/Alt/Shift 任意组合或单独 F1–F24,Win+V、Alt+Space 等系统保留组合也能录入。
- 更清爽的设置窗口。 低频设置收进风琴、页面基础项靠前、Windows 式滑入转场、危险操作先确认、通知深链直达;文件叠放页重组为展开方式+自动叠放两风琴,总开关退役。
- 更安全的收纳迁移。 先复制后校验:预览、分阶段进度、可恢复重试,源文件绝不自动删除。
- 安静运行。 静默启动隐藏到首次唤回;提权启动说明拖拽限制并一键降权重启。
- 文件安全加固。 发版前三轮审计零 P0,修复全部可达数据丢失路径:未确认还原丢弃、删除在所有卷类型兑现回收站承诺、附件移除只碰托管副本。
- 内存与 CPU 治理、零售 AOT 修复一批(天气遮罩/光标/透明提示/云备份密码框)与反馈驱动修复(Win10 拖出、托盘双击、微信 QQ 剪贴板图片、跨盘导入诚实收尾)。
平台:Windows App Runtime 2.5.1、.NET 10.0.12,Windows 10 支持下限降至 19041(2004 版)。
完整条目见 CHANGELOG.md。

1.5.5 Sep 22, 2026

DeskBox 1.5.5 是一次功能与可靠性并重的更新:云备份到自己的 WebDAV 服务器(支持按域、墓碑安全还原)、Copy-only 目标终于能接受的文件拖放、走 Windows 文件操作引擎的跨盘传输、会自愈的热键、空闲内存修剪,以及 Fluent 风格的吸附反馈刷新。
2026 年 9 月 22 日发布。
主要更新
- 云备份上线。 设置 → 维护新增 WebDAV 云备份页:待办/快采/格子样式按域开关、自定义频率与保留份数、密码存 Windows 凭据管理器、"测试连接"直接校验刚输入的凭据、支持立即备份与远端快照浏览。
- 按域还原、删除不复活。 可选回哪些数据域,"合并"(新者胜、不删本机数据)或"完全恢复";删除会留墓碑,合并还原不会复活本机已删条目;还原先暂存校验、下次启动应用,且先固定还原前安全归档。
- 拖放到处都好用。 从格子拖出的文件携带与 Explorer 同源的原生 Shell 数据对象——VS Code、浏览器等此前拒绝 DeskBox 拖放的目标现在都能接受。同盘默认移动、跨盘默认复制,Win11 修饰键符合预期,Win10 保持单一移动不弹框。
- 跨盘传输走系统引擎。 跨盘移动/复制改用 IFileOperation,获得原生进度、取消与冲突处理——修复 Native AOT 版跨盘导入"0 items"的问题;中止的传输只清理自己创建的对象。
- 热键自愈。 Windows 静默摘除低级钩子导致的热键/搜索热键/桌面双击激活失灵,现在由两段式健康 watchdog 自动检测并恢复。
- 空闲内存修剪。 格子真正静默几秒即向 Windows 归还内存,不再要求全部隐藏;由新的"空闲时修剪内存"选项控制。
- Fluent 吸附反馈与胶囊控制。 循环呼吸辉光改为一次落定的 accent 边缘光带;紧凑格子可覆盖展开方向、胶囊条跨显示器拖拽重排、新组默认标签页导航。
- 更清晰的快捷方式图标与一批诚实修复。 Alt 拖入快捷方式保留目标图标、箭头高分辨率合成不再模糊;设置窗不再冻结旧主题、云备份页在 Native AOT 版不再崩溃、残留文件夹不再堵死同名格子、迁移回滚失败会说明原因。
完整条目见 CHANGELOG.md(含升级可靠性:独立布局存储、布局+设置成对提交、样式还原日志化两段提交)。

1.4.7 Aug 28, 2026

主要更新

  • 隔离“更多系统操作”。 扩展 Windows Shell 菜单改由 DeskBox.ThumbnailProxy.exe 独立进程承载,第三方 Shell 扩展异常不会结束 DeskBox 主进程;代理失败时只报告操作失败,不回退到进程内 Shell 实现。
  • 修复高 DPI 叠放布局。 3×3 弹窗放入五个文件时,即使使用分数 DPI 缩放,也保持第一行 3 个、第二行 2 个,不再错误排成 2+2+1。
  • 稳定桌面层级。 Explorer 拖拽和激活状态切换期间,隐藏的桌面层格子不会偶发重新显示;展开胶囊保持正确的同层级顺序。
  • 修复时光日历 AOT 绑定。 Direct Native AOT 构建保留日历日期装饰数据的绑定元数据。
  • 包含 1.4.6 的既有修复。 包含快捷方式传输安全、多显示器布局记忆、性能模式、Everything 集成等 1.4.6 改进。

Frequently asked questions

Is DeskBox free?

Yes. DeskBox is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0-only license.

What is the latest version of DeskBox?

The latest version is 1.5.7, released on Oct 13, 2026.

Is it safe to download DeskBox?

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 3ed47d75177329438ac080337325681f73f8a2f8930a523eb741c3c33b653be1.

Which Windows versions does DeskBox support?

DeskBox runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64), ARM64 systems.

How do I install DeskBox silently?

Run the offline installer with "DeskBox_Setup_1.5.7_x64.exe" /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- /CURRENTUSER, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=Tianyu199509.DeskBox -e --silent.

How do I uninstall DeskBox?

Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find DeskBox and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=Tianyu199509.DeskBox -e.