Panopticon

Desktop utility for viewing, organising, and activating your open windows through live thumbnails on Windows 10/11.

It discovers real top-level windows, renders their live previews, and lets you manage them in a single control room.

👁️ see many windows at once without constantly alt-tabbing.

👁️ switch between several layout strategies depending on the task.

👁️ keep a persistent visual workspace with filters, grouping, and tags.

👁️ hide the app in the tray and bring it back instantly when needed.

👁️ fully local, no cloud or external services.

👁️ 7 layout modes: Grid, Mosaic, Bento, Fibonacci, Columns, Row, and Column.

👁️ Per-app rules for hiding, aspect ratio, color, tags, and thumbnail refresh mode.

👁️ Grouping and filters by app, monitor, title, class, and tag.

👁️ Tray utility + appbar/dock mode for always-available workflows.

👁️ Campbell-first themes, core colour overrides, backdrop opacity, background images with fit modes + opacity, animations, customizable shortcuts, workspaces, and persistence through local TOML files.

👁️ Bilingual UI with English and Spanish support.

If you want the full guide jump to docs/README.md.

Download

• Latest release: github.com/gvastethecreator/panopticon/releases/latest
• Build from source: see Quick start

First minute with Panopticon

1. Launch the app with a few normal desktop windows already open.
2. Press Tab or 1 to 7 to explore the available layouts.
3. Left-click a thumbnail to activate that window.
4. Right-click a thumbnail to open per-window actions.
5. Press O to open settings and review language, theme, filters, and workspaces.
6. Use the tray icon to hide/show the dashboard without closing it.

Handy shortcuts

Input	Action
Tab	Next layout
1 ... 7	Select layout directly
0	Reset custom ratios for the current layout
R	Refresh windows
A	Toggle animations
H	Show/hide status bar
I	Show/hide window metadata
P	Toggle always-on-top
T	Next theme
Shift + T	Previous theme
O	Open settings
F1	Open About window
M	Open application menu
Ctrl + Alt + P	Activate and focus Panopticon globally
Alt	Toggle status bar
Esc	Exit

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• For deep technical details, check the docs folder.
• For feature requests and suggestions, create an issue or submit a PR.
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