Panopticon
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Panopticon

See the windows. Pick the layout.

Live thumbnails of open windows. Switch layout, tag, filter, or send the app to the tray.

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Panopticon window control room with live thumbnails
Control room One product still in the repo
  1. 7 layout modes
  2. 2 release assets on v0.1.23
  3. 10/11 Windows versions

Release

setup.exe and an x86_64 zip.

v0.1.23 publishes a setup.exe and an x86_64 zip. Other desktop repos in this set do not.

Keys

Bindings from the README.

Input Action
Tab Next layout
17 Select a layout
R Refresh windows
O Open settings
CtrlAltP Focus Panopticon

Layouts

Seven named modes.

  1. Grid Even thumbnail field.
  2. Mosaic Mixed tile sizes.
  3. Bento Packed groups.
  4. Fibonacci Ratio split.
  5. Columns Vertical stacks.
  6. Row One horizontal strip.
  7. Column One vertical strip.

Docs

Start in the README.

  1. Quick start cargo run --locked
  2. Full guide docs/README.md in the repository.

Limits

One still, Windows only.

  • Screenshot count

    The repo ships one product still. This page does not invent a tour.

  • Windows 10 and 11

    No other desktop is documented.

Boundary

Local first, one network check.

Stays local

  • Thumbnails, tags, filters, workspaces.
  • Theme, language, and shortcuts in local TOML.

Leaves the machine

  • Bounded GitHub release update check.

Seven layouts. One published release.

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