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✦ ChattyWidgets 1.0.0 — Official Desktop Engine Release

Language / Язык: English • 🇷🇺 Читать описание на русском

The first official stable release of ChattyWidgets — an ultra-lightweight, high-performance, and visually stunning native desktop widget engine for Windows 10 & 11 built on .NET 8 / WPF / DirectX.

🌟 What's New in Version 1.0.0:

🖥️ Modern Bilingual Setup & Uninstaller (ChattyWidgetsSetup.exe)

  • Fully standalone single-file installer with glassmorphic UI and instant EN 🇬🇧 / RU 🇷🇺 runtime language switching.
  • Custom installation directory selection (defaults to %LocalAppData%\Programs\ChattyWidgets).
  • Creates Desktop & Start Menu shortcuts, and configures Windows autostart.
  • Registers system file associations for widget packages (.chw) and desktop layout presets (.chwp).
  • Full Windows «Installed apps» (Add/Remove Programs) integration with standalone \Uninstall.exe\ and --uninstall\ CLI.
  • Automatic installation of the /chw AI Agent Skill for Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.
  • Launches the application and opens the official website upon completion.

🛡️ Desktop Integration & Taskbar Immunity

  • Widgets stay permanently anchored on the desktop and never minimize or hide when clicking the "Show Desktop" button in the taskbar corner or pressing Win + D.
  • Multi-layer support: Desktop (WorkerW / Progman), Normal, and TopMost.
  • Click-through mode (WS_EX_TRANSPARENT) with engine-level anchor dot control for moving.

🎯 Engine-Level Native Anchor Dot Overlay

  • Reusable native anchor overlay window automatically attaches to every widget window. Authors no longer need to implement anchor dragging or settings menus manually in widget HTML/XAML.

💎 Pure Transparency for Web & Hybrid Widgets

  • Zero faint background or rectangular shadow artifacts for circular and custom-shaped HTML5 widgets.

🤖 AI Agent Development Skill (/chw)

  • Built-in pair programming workflow for AI coding assistants. Agents can autonomously scaffold, style, wire up ViewModels, sign .chw\ packages, and publish widgets to the official catalog.

📐 Always-Resizable Widgets

  • Option in Hub Settings («Widgets Always Resizable» / AppSettings.AlwaysResizable) allowing users to drag borders to resize any widget at any time.

🔄 Automatic GitHub Update Notifications

  • Unobtrusive Hub banner notification when new GitHub releases are available, plus manual check button in Settings.

🗂 Desktop Layout Presets (.chwp)

  • 1-click snapshot of active desktop widgets.
  • Presets import automatically detects missing widgets and offers to install them from the store in 1 click.

📦 12 Official Native Widgets:

  1. Timer & Focus (com.chatty.pomodoro-timer v1.3.1)
  2. Glass Clock (com.chatty.clock-glass v1.1.0)
  3. System Gauges (com.chatty.system-gauges v1.2.0)
  4. GPU Monitor (com.chatty.gpu-monitor v1.1.0)
  5. Mini Music Player (com.chatty.music-player v2.0.1)
  6. Weather Card (com.chatty.weather-card v1.1.0)
  7. Crypto & Currency (com.chatty.crypto-tracker v1.2.0)
  8. Sticky Notes & Tasks (com.chatty.sticky-notes v1.2.0)
  9. Quick Dock (com.chatty.quick-dock v1.1.0)
  10. Glass Calendar (com.chatty.calendar-glass v1.1.0)
  11. Media Photo Frame (com.chatty.media-frame v1.2.0)
  12. RSS News Reader (com.chatty.rss-reader v1.2.0)

💾 Download:

Download ChattyWidgetsSetup.exe below to install ChattyWidgets on your Windows PC.

🇷🇺 Нажмите здесь для описания релиза на русском языке (Russian Release Notes)

✦ Официальный релиз ChattyWidgets 1.0.0

Первый стабильный релиз нативного движка виджетов для рабочего стола Windows (.NET 8):

  • Двуязычный установщик ChattyWidgetsSetup.exe с переключением RU / EN, ярлыками, автозапуском и скиллом /chw для ИИ-агентов.
  • Встроенная деинсталляция: регистрация в системном списке «Параметры Windows → Приложения и возможности» и отдельный Uninstall.exe.
  • Нативный оверлей якорной точки: движок автоматически предоставляет точку перемещения и настроек для всех типов виджетов.
  • Чистая прозрачность для веб-виджетов: устранение прямоугольных теней и остаточного фона для круглых и произвольных форм.
  • Защита от сворачивания: кнопка «Показать рабочий стол» в правом нижнем углу панели задач и Win + D больше не прячут виджеты.
  • Свободный ресайз виджетов и каталог из 12 нативных виджетов с цифровой подписью RSA-4096.

Полная документация на русском языке доступна в README.ru.md.

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