Palisades declutter your Windows desktop. Drop icons into organized containers, add live gadgets, and customize everything — no more hunting through a sea of shortcuts.
Containers — Drag folders and files into resizable groups. Rename, recolor, reorder, hide, or set transparency per container. Each container remembers its position across monitors and resolutions.
Gadgets — Pin a live clock or system monitor (CPU, RAM, disk) directly on your wallpaper. Plugin system lets you add more.
Endless customization — Customize header, body, title, and label colors on every container. Gradient backgrounds with angle control. Adjustable opacity. Custom border radius, fonts, and sizes.
Themes — 8 built-in color presets. Import custom .xaml themes. Full GUI theme engine: change background, text, accent colors globally.
Snapshots — Save and restore your entire layout (containers, positions, colors, gadgets) instantly.
Auto-organize — Sort shortcuts into containers automatically by type: programs, documents, images, music, archives, links, folders.
Curtain mode — Transform a container into a sliding panel docked to the edge of your screen. On hover, it slides open; move away and it slides shut — keeping your desktop clean while keeping shortcuts one hover away.
Plugins — Plugin manager to enable/disable and configure gadgets and extensions.
Filters — Show only what you need. Filter a container by file type or custom search.
Start with Windows — Option to launch automatically on boot, runs discreetly in the system tray.
Open source — MIT license. Fork, modify, contribute.
- Download the latest installer from Releases
- Install and launch — Palisades runs in your system tray
- Drag desktop shortcuts into a container
- Right-click a container header to rename, recolor, or tweak it
- Open the Dashboard from the tray icon for global settings
- .NET 8 / WPF
- Material Design In XAML
Inspired by Twometer's NoFences and Stardock's Fences.