NATIVE RUST · WINDOWS 10/11 · FREE BETA SOON

Your desktop, at a glance.

Live widgets rendered straight onto your wallpaper: clocks, weather, mail, cameras, your whole homelab. Behind your windows while you work, never stealing a click. It's there whenever you glance.

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glancedock.exe · one native process · zero servers

arrange once, glance forever: this is what GlanceDock feels like

72
widgets & counting
1
native Rust process
$9
founder price, locks forever
0
accounts, servers, telemetry
WHY GLANCEDOCK EXISTS

Built like a tool. Not like a service.

powershell · receipts ● running
PS> tasklist | findstr glance
glancedock.exe    1 native process
# rendering: Windows' own WebView2, shared.
# no bundled Chromium, no Electron.
# a loaded two-monitor desktop ≈ 400 MB,
# lighter than many single-window Electron apps.
One small Rust process on the WebView2 Windows already runs. A loaded two-monitor desktop lands around 400 MB, less than many Electron apps. Live cameras and video cost more; that part's honest.
Sharing your screen?

One keystroke hides mail, notes, and cameras: everything personal. Instantly.

Nothing to sign into

No account required, no cloud sync, no telemetry. Widgets connect to the services you use: your mail server, your homelab, your weather. The app also checks GitHub for updates.

Secrets stay in the OS vault

Mail passwords, API tokens, camera credentials go straight to Windows Credential Manager, never a plain-text config. The layout file on disk is provably secret-free.

Your license is verified offline

Keys are checked on your machine without contacting a server. Website accounts are optional and can store a key for recovery; the app's license check works without them.

license ✓ valid · checked locally, 0 ms network
THE ACTUAL APP

Not a mockup. This is it running.

Two screenshots from a normal two-monitor Windows 11 desktop. No staging, no composite.

GlanceDock's widget picker open on a Windows 11 desktop in edit mode, showing a searchable library with category tabs and cards for Agenda, Clock, Countdown, Disk usage, Home Assistant and Shared list — each tagged Local, LAN or Internet.
Adding a widget is a picker, not a config file. Search, filter by category, drop it on the desktop. Every card carries the same Local / LAN / Internet badge you see in the catalog above, plus a "needs setup" marker when a widget wants credentials — so you know what a widget will reach before you place it.
The same desktop with privacy mode on: personal widgets are replaced by dark tiles showing a padlock and the word PRIVATE, while the clock, weather, world clock and system monitor stay visible.
Privacy mode, actually applied. One keystroke and the personal widgets go to a padlock. The impersonal ones — clocks, weather, system load — stay up, so your desktop still works while you share your screen. This is the state, not a mockup of it.
THE CATALOG

72 widgets. Any three of them, free forever.

6 shown · every widget tells you if it touches the network
  • Local Runs entirely on your machine. Needs nothing external.
  • LAN Talks to a server on your own network — your homelab, your cameras. Never leaves your LAN.
  • Internet Reaches a public service to do its job, and only the one it names.
PRICING

Pay once. Like software used to be.

Any three widgets, free forever. One payment unlocks unlimited, no subscription, ever.

Free
Freeforever
  • Any 3 widgets, forever
  • No account, no telemetry
  • Yours. Full stop.
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BETA PRICE, LOCKS FOREVER
Founder Best value
Standard price: $19 $19 at 1.0
$9one-time
  • Every widget, every future major
  • Beta price, kept after launch
  • License verified offline
Become a founder for $9 available when the public beta opens
Standard
$19one-time
  • All widgets, the 1.x major
  • After the beta ends
  • License verified offline
Coming at 1.0
FAQ

Frequently asked

Something else? The docs cover setup, licensing, and the offline license in depth.

Is it Windows only?

Yes. GlanceDock is built natively for Windows 10/11 and uses WebView2 (which ships with current Windows).

Does it phone home?

There is no app telemetry, cloud sync, or account requirement, and license checks are offline. Widgets contact the services they use (your mail server, homelab, YouTube, etc.). Packaged builds also check GitHub for updates after startup and periodically.

Where are my passwords stored?

In Windows Credential Manager, the OS's own encrypted vault, never in a plain-text config file. The layout file on disk is provably secret-free.

Will widgets get in the way of my work?

No. They're click-through by default; your clicks reach the desktop. Only the specific control you hover becomes interactive.

Is the YouTube widget really ad-free?

It plays the raw video/audio streams directly, which carry no injected ads. It uses the widely-used yt-dlp tool, which you can update in one click when YouTube changes.

Multiple monitors?

Fully supported: a widget layer per display, and drag widgets between them.

Is it free?

Yes, free forever for up to 3 widget instances — any 3 widgets you like, since every widget type is included in the free tier. No account, no telemetry, no time limit. To go beyond three there is a single one-time payment: during the public beta a Founder license is $9, and it stays price-locked forever, covering every 1.x release and future major versions at that same $9. From version 1.0 the Standard license is $19. Keys are verified offline on your machine. The app never phones home to activate.

Your information, at a glance.

Free for any three widgets. No account. Installed in under a minute.

Download for Windows Founder beta · $9