Release DeskX: Wallpaper Engine — v2.0.0 · Felix-au/DeskX-Wallpaper-Engine

DeskX: Wallpaper Engine — v2.0.0

Live widgets, live data, live desktop. DeskX now goes beyond wallpapers.

File	Description
`DeskX-Setup.exe`	One-click installer (recommended)
`DeskX-win32-x64-2.0.0.zip`	Portable — extract and run, no install needed

Both are fully standalone. No Node.js, Python, or any runtime required. Everything is bundled inside.

DeskX now supports placing live, interactive widgets directly on your desktop — on top of any wallpaper, behind your icons.

Visual drag-and-drop editor — position widgets precisely using a scaled WYSIWYG canvas in the settings window
Per-monitor widget sets — fully independent widgets on each screen, even when all monitors share the same wallpaper (Same mode)
Widget inspector panel — configure scale (0.5×–3×), light/dark theme, and widget-specific options per widget
Live rendered previews — the widget picker shows actual rendered previews for every widget type
Persistent layout — all widget positions, scales, themes, and configs saved and restored automatically
Scrollable widget picker — clean modal with internal scroll and custom scrollbar to handle any number of widget types

Widget	Description
Digital Clock	12h/24h time with optional date line
Analog Minimalist	Borderless analog clock with clean hands
Analog Numbered	Classic analog with 1–12 number markers
Weather	Temperature, condition icon, city name + country
Detailed Weather	Feels Like, Humidity, Wind, UV Index + location
Clock + Weather	Hybrid: digital clock above, weather summary below
Astronomy	Sunrise, Sunset, Moon phase for your city
Air Quality (AQI)	US-EPA level 1–6, severity label, raw PM2.5 value
Custom Text	Any user-written label or note on screen
HTML Embed (iframe)	Embed any iframe-compatible third-party widget
Battery Status	Visual battery bar with % and charging indicator
Countdown Timer	Customizable label + target date/time countdown
Quote of the Day	Random inspirational quote, refreshed every 2 hours
Calendar	Month-view grid with today highlighted

Weather, Detailed Weather, Clock+Weather, Astronomy, and AQI widgets all use WeatherAPI.com
City autocomplete search — type a partial city name and pick from live suggestions; no lat/lon entry needed
Country filter — type a country name first to narrow down city results
Location display — every weather widget shows the city name and country directly on screen

Glassmorphism inspector controls — all inputs (text, date, select, textarea) use a unified frosted-glass style
Custom DeskX taskbar icon — app now shows the DeskX brand icon in the Windows taskbar
Improved "Different" mode — widget add/delete reliably targets the correct monitor
Scroll preservation — widget editor maintains scroll position when adding or deleting widgets
Real-time inspector updates — changing widget settings updates the editor preview without a full re-render
Widget scale fix — scale slider no longer resets unexpectedly in Same or Different modes

OS: Windows 10 / 11 (x64)
RAM: ~120–250 MB during use (higher with multiple weather widgets active)
Disk: ~120 MB installed
GPU: None required (hardware acceleration used when available)
Internet: Required for weather/AQI/astronomy/quote widgets; clocks, calendar, battery, and custom text work fully offline

First launch after install may take a few seconds as Squirrel finalizes setup
Video codec support depends on Chromium's built-in decoders (MP4/H.264, WebM/VP9 work out of the box)
HTML wallpapers run in a sandboxed Chromium process — no filesystem access from the wallpaper page
HTML Embed (iframe) widget requires the embedded service to permit iframe usage — sites with X-Frame-Options: DENY will not load

Your desktop, your rules.