Desk Buddy 1.3

Newer Kindles (firmware 5.16 and later) should now fill the whole screen, thanks to ichin23, our first community contribution.

Also new: Exit to Kindle, Flip screen, a Compact screen size, much sharper album covers, and Go back to the previous version in About › Updates.

Desk Buddy 1.2

Desk Buddy now updates itself. About › Updates checks for new versions and installs them when you click Install.

Have 1.0 or 1.1? Those can't update themselves, so download this one by hand once: replace the old app, open it, then tap Update at the top of your Kindle. After that, updates come by themselves.

Also in this version: the bigger-screen fix from 1.1 (Paperwhite 3, 4 and 5, Signature Edition, Oasis). Version numbers now match the release (Mac and Windows are both 1.2).

Desk Buddy 1.1

Bigger Kindle screens. Desk Buddy now fits the Paperwhite 3, 4 and 5, the Signature Edition, Voyage and Oasis. Everything is drawn at the screen's own resolution, so it fills the screen, stays sharp, and taps line up. Thanks to the Redditor who tried v1.0 on a Signature Edition and reported back.

I only have a Paperwhite 2, so on other models this is untested. If you try it, please tell me how it looks on #1, ideally with a photo and your model.

Also: on the first-run tour, the page dots no longer run into "Welcome to Desk Buddy".

Updating

• Already using Desk Buddy? Download the new Mac or Windows app and replace the old one. Your Kindle then offers the update: tap Update.
• New here? Same as before: install the app, plug in your jailbroken Kindle, click "Put Desk Buddy on it".

Desk Buddy 1.0

First release of Desk Buddy: turn an old jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite 2 into a desk companion for your tasks, calendar, weather and music.

Install

• Mac (macOS 13+): download Desk-Buddy-for-Mac.zip, move Desk Buddy to Applications, open it. macOS will say it can't check the app the first time: click Done, then System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway.
• Windows (10/11, early test version): download Desk-Buddy-for-Windows.zip, unzip, open Desk Buddy.exe. If SmartScreen warns: More info › Run anyway.
• Kindle: no download needed. Plug it into your computer and click "Put Desk Buddy on it" in the app. Rather do it by hand? Desk-Buddy-for-Kindle.zip and the steps are in the README.

Good to know

• Only the Kindle Paperwhite 2 for now, with the kindlemodding.org jailbreak + hotfix.
• The apps aren't signed, hence the one-time warnings.
• Not tried yet on an Intel Mac or on other people's PCs. An early Windows test was flagged by Defender as Trojan:Win32/Sabsik.TE.A!ml (a machine-learning false alarm, fixed since 0.6.2); details in the README.

Something broken? Open an issue.