DeskMakeover: the desktop studio for Windows<br>中文<br>Download
Free · Open source · 桌面美颜<br>DeskMakeover<br>The desktop studio for Windows.<br>Nine hand-tuned looks for every icon. Organizer zones drawn on your wallpaper. A snapshot before anything changes, so one click puts it all back.<br>Download for WindowsGitHub<br>Real desktop. Real restore. Rendered live.
WIN 10 1809+ / WIN 11 · 64-BITMIT LICENSELOCAL-ONLYSNAPSHOT RESTORE
01 · PROOF<br>Real pixels, before and after<br>No mockups. Both frames are the same desktop, shot from the app: 126 icons restyled in one click, and one click back. Drag the line.
02 · LOOKS<br>Nine looks, hand-tuned<br>Each look was tuned on a real, crowded desktop, not a demo folder. Pick one and every icon puts it on. Shape, coloring, plate, finish, and shortcut mark stay adjustable on their own.
01SquircleOne squircle, every type its own shape02BlueprintA full set of engineering drawings03Pixel EraAn afternoon back in 8-bit04GleamIcons as they are, brushed with light05GlazeCool porcelain under a glaze06Die-CutStickers cut along every outline07PortholeRound apps; files keep their places08ScrapbookA page pasted together by hand09CreekstoneStones rounded by the stream
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Click to enlarge<br>03 · ZONES<br>Zones drawn on your wallpaper<br>Translucent panels that live inside the wallpaper itself, so your desktop gets rooms: apps here, work there, current projects front and center.
Templates or freehand<br>Start from a ready layout like Workbench or Quadrants, or draw your own. Five materials, four title styles.
Baked in, not floating<br>Zones render into the wallpaper image. Nothing runs in the background to keep them there.
One click removes them<br>Your original wallpaper is kept as shot. Bring it back whenever.
Click to enlarge<br>04 · STUDIO<br>A studio, not a settings page<br>The live desktop mirror on the left is your actual desktop, and every control on the right answers instantly. Hold space to compare with the original at any time.
Per-type styling<br>Programs, folders, and files can each wear their own variant.
Undo, redo, re-read<br>Full history, plus a one-click re-read of the real desktop: icons, arrangement, wallpaper.
Save and share styles<br>Keep your combinations in the style library, export them as files, import packs from friends.
◆ ENGINE<br>Not a filter. An engine that reads your icons.<br>Behind every look is a purpose-built, fully deterministic pixel pipeline. It studies each icon before touching it, and renders byte-identical pixels in the browser and on the desktop.
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05 · DOWNLOAD<br>Get DeskMakeover<br>Download, double-click, done. Installs per-user, runs entirely on your PC. No account, no telemetry, no uploads.<br>Download for WindowsWatch on GitHub<br>Windows may show a blue “Windows protected your PC” screen. That is not a virus warning.<br>It is Windows being cautious with newer software few people have downloaded yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. DeskMakeover is open source, so anyone can read exactly what it does.
WIN 10 1809+ / WIN 11 · 64-BIT
06 · FAQ<br>Questions people ask
Can DeskMakeover break my PC, or leave me stuck?<br>No. DeskMakeover snapshots the Windows desktop (icons, shortcut arrows, wallpaper) before changing anything, and every change is one click to undo, back to exactly how it was. Experiment freely.
Will it slow my computer down?<br>Not noticeably. DeskMakeover does the heavy work once when you hit apply. The rest of the time it sits quietly and puts your look back if Windows resets the desktop.
Is it really free? What is the catch?<br>DeskMakeover is free and MIT-licensed, with the source on GitHub. It runs only on your machine: no account, no telemetry, nothing uploaded.
Does it work on macOS or Linux?<br>No. DeskMakeover is built for Windows 10 (1809 or newer) and Windows 11, 64-bit.
DOWNLOAD · V0.1.0<br>Download DeskMakeover
DeskMakeover_0.1.0_x64-setup.exev0.1.0 · 2026-07-17 · 14.6 MB<br>Download installerDirect from GitHub
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