DogEar reimagines how you manage a cluttered workspace by bringing the physical intuition of "book-folding" to the Windows desktop. It transforms your multi-window workflow by allowing you to fold a corner of any application—creating a visual "DogEar" bookmark that stays pinned to your target window, ensuring you never lose track of your active tasks again.
Example: A "DogEar" pinned to VS Code for instant identification.
Why DogEar? In a sea of dozens of open windows, traditional taskbars and tab-switchers often fall short. DogEar provides a persistent visual anchor for your most important work. Whether you are tracking a critical document, locking a reference image, or managing complex multitasking, DogEar ensures your prioritized windows are instantly identifiable and always accessible.
The elegant DogEar interface featuring the signature Warm Brown theme.
- 📐 Intuitive Tagging
- Instantly "dog-ear" any active window with a customizable keyboard shortcut.
- 🎨 Zero-Interference Overlay
- Achieves pixel-perfect transparency and custom polygonal shapes (triangles) that stay on top without stealing focus or blocking your content.
- 🚀 Native Integration
- Leverages high-performance Win32 hooks to ensure markers follow their target windows flawlessly across the screen.
- Built with Flutter and dart:ffi for a seamless, native experience that respects your system resources.
- ✨ Aesthetic Personalization
- Customize DogEar colors to match your workspace preferences.
Tailor your experience: Customize DogEar colors to complement your creative environment.
Note on Permissions: To "dog-ear" windows running with Administrator privileges (e.g., Task Manager or elevated Command Prompts), DogEar itself must be launched with Administrator privileges due to Windows UIPI security constraints.
Because DogEar is an independent open-source project, the installer is not digitally signed with a commercial certificate (which costs hundreds of dollars annually).
When you run the installer, Windows may display a blue "Windows protected your PC" warning.
- To proceed: Click "More info" and then "Run anyway".
- Why this happens: This is a standard security measure for apps that haven't yet established a global reputation with Microsoft.
- Trust: You can verify the integrity of the app by checking the open-source code or building it from source yourself.
To ensure the installer hasn't been tampered with, we provide the SHA-256 checksum for every official architect in the Releases page.
You can verify the file integrity by running this command in PowerShell:
Get-FileHash <path_to_installer> -Algorithm SHA256- Windows 10/11
- Flutter SDK (Stable channel)
- Visual Studio 2019+ (with "Desktop development with C++" workload)
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Fetch dependencies
flutter pub get
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Generate files
dart run build_runner build
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Run in Debug mode
flutter run -d windows
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Build Release version
flutter build windows