Deskime

💪🏻 Your ultimate powerful desktop customization application developed in Python🐍.

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Table of Contents

1. 🔌 Introduction
2. 💡 Collaboration
3. ✨ Features
4. 📋 Setup
5. 📦 Installation
6. 📂 Usage
7. 🛠️ Troubleshooting
8. 🎯 Conclusion
9. 👨‍💻 Contributors
10. 📄 License
11. ⚠️ Disclaimer

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🔌 Introduction

Deskime not only enhances your computer's performance but also transforms its appearance into a cleaner, minimalist, and modern interface. Our applications are designed for your convenience, enabling a smoother and more efficient user experience. 🔮

💡 Collaboration

Deskime is continuously evolving, and your feedback, suggestions, and contributions are highly valued. Feel free to open issues, suggest enhancements, or submit pull requests with new apps to help improve the project. Let's work together to make Deskime a powerful tool for desktop customization worldwide.


We are currently seeking collaborators to help create a unified application that allows users to modify settings easily. We look forward to your innovative ideas! 🔧

✨ Features

• Customizable Search Bar: Located at the bottom-right of the screen, it allows users to set custom commands (e.g., typing "news" redirects to bbc.com).
  
  
• Custom Taskbar, FolderBar, TimeBar, and Start Menu: Docked at the bottom of the screen, the custom taskbar provides a cleaner and more organized desktop.
  
  
• Persistent Date and Time Widget: This widget remains on top of the desktop without interfering with other applications.
  
  
• Custom Backgrounds: Users can set a custom webpage or HTML site as their desktop background or select a video as wallpaper.
  
  
• Website Widget: A widget in the top corner provides quick access to any website (e.g., news) directly from the desktop, eliminating the need to open additional applications.
  
  
• Desktop Pet: An animated pet duck walks on your desktop screen to accompany you.

📋 Setup

Tested On

• Python Version: Python 3.11 (64-bit)

Pre-requisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• Pythonw (typically installed with Python, used for console-less execution)
• pip
• Windows 10 or higher (currently not supported on Mac or Linux)

📦 Installation

1. ⭐ Star and clone or download this repository

   git clone https://github.com/Deskime/Deskime_App.git
   cd Deskime_Customization

2. Run the setup script to install the necessary dependencies:

python setup.py

This command will check for all system requirements and automatically download any required dependencies and fonts.

3. Check for successful installation: After running the setup script, ensure that there are no error messages. If the installation completes successfully, you will see a confirmation message.
   
   

4. Configure the application You must edit the .json configuration files to customize the application settings according to your preferences and make sure the app works. To know more about editing, check out the README.md in each branch to know more.
   
   

5. To start Deskime, run the appropriate .pyw files. This will activate the application and apply your custom settings.
   
   

📂 Usage

1. Ensure that you have all the dependencies installed.
2. Fill in all the details in the .json files.
3. Run the .pyw files to activate.
   
   

Caution

🔑 Remember to follow all the steps provided in each README.md in each branch to ensure the app functions correctly.

🛠️ Troubleshooting

• Ensure you have the latest version of the script.
• Verify that all dependencies are installed and updated.
• Check that you have updated all the .json configuration files.
• Confirm your Python installation is correct.
• Create a virtual environment and then run the script.
  
  For further assistance, please create an issue on the GitHub repository with detailed information about your problem, including error messages, a screenshot, and your configuration file.

🎯 Conclusion

Deskime is designed to enhance your desktop experience by providing powerful customization options. We encourage you to explore its features and contribute to its development. Your input is invaluable in making Deskime a leading tool for desktop customization.

👨‍💻 Contributors

Don't forget to add your contribution!

📄 License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See the LICENSE file for more details.

⚠️ Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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