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shanselman/PeekDesktop

Click your desktop to peek at it - just like macOS Sonoma.

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How fast shanselman/PeekDesktop is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 5 – Nov 4, 2026

Stars +54 in 61 days

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Forks +1 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 1 in 61 days

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    1. Aug 211 post

      • • Uses low-level Windows APIs and MSAA hit-testing to distinguish empty wallpaper from icons • Supports optional double-click, taskbar-only activation, and experimental fly-away animation •…

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

    2. 2 months earlier
    3. Jun 201 post

      • 一个很小但很实用的开源工具：PeekDesktop。 它把 macOS 那个“点击壁纸显示桌面”的功能搬到了 Windows 10/11。 用法很简单： 点击桌面壁纸，所有窗口自动隐藏； 再点一次，窗口恢复原位。 也可以点任务栏空白区域来触发。 听起来像个小功能，但我觉得这种项目很有意思。 现在大家天天聊 AI、agent、自动化，动不动就是重构工作流。…

        Read full on X, posted by @VincentLogic

        @VincentLogic · x.com

    4. 1 month earlier
    5. May 151 post

      • #Peekdesktop Click empty desktop wallpaper (or empty taskbar area) to reveal your desktop — just like macOS Sonoma.

        Read full on X, posted by @MKhdher

        @MKhdher · x.com

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