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Getting started

GlanceDock turns the empty space on your desktop into a live dashboard. Clocks, weather, mail, homelab dashboards, cameras, and video render on the wallpaper layer, above your background and below your apps. They are always there when you minimize everything, and one keystroke away when you want to arrange them.

Current status

GlanceDock is in active alpha. Today it runs from source; a signed one-click installer is on the near-term roadmap and lands with the public beta. Nothing here phones home: no activation, no account, no telemetry.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 or 11 (x64) with the WebView2 runtime (ships with current Windows).
  • To build from source: Rust (stable) and Node.js 18 or newer.

Run it from source

git clone https://github.com/VladoPortos/glancedock
cd glancedock
npm install
npx tauri dev

The first build is slow; subsequent runs are fast.

Your first widget

GlanceDock starts in passive mode with an empty desktop. To place your first widget:

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+G (or use the tray icon) to enter edit mode.
  2. Click + Add widget and pick something from the library.
  3. Drag it where you like.
  4. Press Ctrl+Alt+G again to lock everything back down.

In passive mode your clicks pass straight through the widgets to the desktop, so your dock stays out of the way while you work.

The free tier

GlanceDock is free forever for up to 3 widget instances across all your monitors. Every widget type, privacy mode, and multi-monitor support are included; the only limit is the count, and nothing is ever deleted if a layout already holds more. See the License FAQ for how licensing works.