Bytezenside v1.0.0
Initial release by Bytezenix
Bytezenside is a Windows Smart Sidebar for quick access to applications, files, bookmarks, clipboard history, system performance, and personalization controls.
Highlights
- Fast, always-on-top sidebar designed for Windows desktops
- Applications launcher with Start Menu scanning, search, categories, pinning, custom icons, and file-location shortcuts
- Clipboard history with text, URL, code, and image classification
- Native Windows screen-snipping integration
- Screenshot history with preview, copy, delete, and PNG export actions
- File and folder bookmarks with recent-item monitoring
- Windows Explorer integration through an optional
Add to Bytezensidecontext-menu action - Drag-and-drop file pinning support
- Website bookmark manager with categories, emojis, editing, deletion, and Chrome bookmark import
- Live system monitoring for CPU, RAM, GPU, temperature, disk activity, network activity, and top processes
- Performance polling runs only while the Performance panel is active
- Configurable auto-hide, Windows startup, theme, accent color, opacity, sidebar width, clipboard history size, and performance refresh rate
- Settings export and import support
- Single-instance behavior for shell actions and application launches
- Per-user installation support without requiring administrator permissions
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Installation
- Download an installer from the release assets.
- Run the installer and choose the installation location.
- Launch Bytezenside from the Start Menu or desktop shortcut.
- Open Settings to configure startup behavior, appearance, Explorer integration, and data management.
The portable build can be launched directly without installation.
Requirements
- Windows 10 or Windows 11
- 64-bit Windows system
- Google Chrome is required only for Chrome bookmark import
Notes
- The Explorer context-menu option is registered under the current user's Windows registry and does not require administrator access.
- On Windows 11, the Explorer action may appear under Show more options.
- Performance and temperature values depend on the hardware sensors and data available through Windows and the installed system-information providers.
Known Limitations
- This release is Windows-only.
- The Inno Setup package must be compiled with Inno Setup Compiler from
installer.iss; Inno Setup is not bundled with the project. - Some hardware may report unavailable GPU, temperature, disk, or network metrics.