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progman.py

Launcher inspired by progman.exe from Win 3.1.

QualityGate

It is designed to be platform-independent but platform-dependent development happen currently on the Windows-side first.

It is written in Python v3.13 using TkInter to be as lightweight as possible.

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Features already available

  • Organizes the app launcher's (or start menu's) icons to groups displayed in separate windows.
  • Group windows can be opened and closed on convenience. Their content and size and position are preserved.
  • Groups are prepopulated from the OS' own app launcher to save time on icon creation based on rules.
  • App icons can be present in multiple group at the same time.
  • Custom icon creation.
  • Editing icons.
  • Custom group creation.

Features on the roadmap

  • Context sensitive menus (in progress).
  • Changing group membership of icons received from the OS.
  • Tile windows and cascade windows feature.
  • Theming options to use your favourite Win3.1 themes or create your own ones.
  • Multilanguage support.

Long term goals include also...

  • Support for document and link icons.
  • Support for hybrid groups showing your project's files and you apps using in the project so you can open up a full workspace on a single click.
  • Linux support.