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Stage Manager for Windows

This is an experimental approach to bring the macOS Stage Manager to Microsoft Windows.

Important: This is a prototype and a feasibility study - I am not actively developing this project at the moment but I'd be happy to review and merge pull requests.

Stage Manager

This prototype groups applications by their process. By switching between so called "scenes" on the left, Stage Manager hides other windows and the desktop icons, helping you to focus.

Windows can be moved from one scene to another by dragging them onto scenes on the left.

Usage

Download and run the executable from the Releases tab or

  • clone this repository
  • cd into the repository directory
  • run dotnet run --project StageManager

To quit, find the app's tray icon (Windows might move it into the overflow menu) and use its context menu to close the app.

Requirements

To do

This is an experimental fun project. I don't have any idea whether or not this is going to be a final product one day.

Topic State
Experimental stage
initial windows grouping by process
3D display of opened windows (static)
hide/show windows of given scenes
hide/show desktop icons
scene management with drag&drop
restore windows on quit/restart
auto hide & fly-in scenes for maximized windows
full screenshots for windows that were minimized on startup
drag windows from other scenes into the current one
place screenshots in relative size of the desktop
limit maximum scenes (like 6 for macOS?)
limit window count per scene (like newest 5)
tray icon to start & stop
start with Windows
Product stage
virtual desktop support (pin window)
multi-monitor support
visual feedback when dragging windows from other scenes
feature parity with macOS Stage Manager
Polishing stage
window animations
live dwm thumbnails
adjust 3D angle according to screen position
flyover sidebar in desktop view mode if icons are close to the left

Contributions very welcome ❤️


Stage Manager is using a few code files to handle window tracking from workspacer, an amazing open source project by Rick Button.