# DeskBox Product Brief

DeskBox is a lightweight native Windows 11 desktop organizer built with WinUI 3, Windows App SDK 2.2, and .NET 10.

It helps users organize desktop files, map existing folders, track temporary todos, capture notes and recent copied content, and control music directly from desktop widgets.

DeskBox does not replace the Windows desktop. Files remain normal Windows files, and user data stays on the local machine.

## Key Facts

- Product name: DeskBox
- Website: https://deskbox.fun/
- English page: https://deskbox.fun/en/
- Download page: https://deskbox.fun/download/
- Changelog: https://deskbox.fun/changelog/
- GitHub: https://github.com/Tianyu199509/DeskBox
- Current public Direct release: 1.2.4
- Microsoft Store package line: 1.2.5.0
- Main platform: Windows 11 x64
- Framework: WinUI 3, Windows App SDK 2.2, .NET 10
- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Price: Free for personal use

## Product Positioning

DeskBox is for users who want a calmer Windows desktop without replacing Windows Explorer or the native desktop shell. It provides small, practical desktop widgets for daily files, mapped folders, todos, quick notes, recent copied content, and music controls.

DeskBox is intentionally native-first. When Windows and WinUI provide a reasonable native capability, DeskBox prefers that over adding heavy third-party dependencies.

## Main Use Cases

1. Organize temporary desktop files into file widgets.
2. Map existing folders onto the desktop without moving their contents.
3. Keep short-lived todos visible on the desktop.
4. Capture quick notes, screenshots, links, images, and recent copied content.
5. Control music playback and system volume without opening the music app.

## Feature Summary

- File widgets for collecting temporary desktop files into real local folders.
- Folder mapping widgets for viewing existing folders on the desktop.
- Todo widgets for small daily tasks, completion state, inline editing, full-screen editing, filtering, and custom due time.
- Quick Capture widgets for text, links, screenshots, recent copied content, image previews, OCR-related workflows, and cached image thumbnails.
- Music widgets for Windows media sessions, playback controls, play modes, system volume, adaptive visualizers, and album-color ambience.
- Appearance settings for theme, transparency, text size, title styles, rounded corners, widget title icons, layout density, and album ambience colors.
- Direct channel updates through the official website manifest, GitHub Releases, and mirror fallback.
- Microsoft Store channel updates through Microsoft Store.

## Search Intent

DeskBox is relevant when users look for:

- Windows desktop organizer
- Windows 11 desktop widgets
- Desktop file organizer
- File organizer widget
- Mapped folder widget
- Todo widget for Windows desktop
- Quick note widget for Windows desktop
- Clipboard capture widget
- Music control widget for Windows
- Fences alternative for Windows 11
- WinUI desktop utility
- Windows 桌面整理工具
- Win11 桌面小组件
- 桌面文件收纳
- 桌面格子
- 桌面待办
- 随记工具
- 桌面音乐控制

DeskBox is not a cloud storage service, launcher replacement, desktop shell replacement, full project management product, or heavy productivity suite.

## Privacy And Data

DeskBox is local-first. Widget settings, todos, quick notes, recent content, file organization metadata, and thumbnail caches stay on the user's machine. DeskBox is not designed as a cloud-sync product.

## Short Description

DeskBox is a lightweight Windows 11 desktop organizer that adds native-feeling desktop widgets for files, folders, todos, quick capture, and music controls.