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Free · Open source · Made for Windows 10 / 11

latest · NSIS installer

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The bilingual installer follows your system language; data is portable and lives alongside the install directory.

REQUIREMENTS

What do you need?

Running Driftlet

  • Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
  • WebView2 Runtime (built into Windows 11)
  • ~100MB disk space

Building from source

  • Node.js
  • Rust / Cargo
  • WebView2 Runtime
INSTALLATION

Installed in three steps

Driftlet manager window
1

Run the installer

Double-click the downloaded NSIS installer — the UI language follows your system.

2

Choose an install location

Portable by design: config and skins live inside the install folder — move the whole folder anywhere.

3

Double-click a .dskin

Install a skin — confirm its permissions and it appears on your desktop.

DEVELOPERS

Developer quick start

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Requires Node.js and Rust — see the repo README for details.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Completely free and open source under the GNU General Public License v3. The source is on GitHub — free to audit, modify and redistribute.

Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). Driftlet needs the WebView2 Runtime — built into Windows 11 and preinstalled on most Windows 10 machines; if it is missing, it is a free install from Microsoft.

Every skin must declare sensitive permissions; the install wizard lists them and flags high-risk ones. File access is sandboxed, and Zip-Slip / zip-bomb attacks are blocked. See the security page

A skin is one folder (skin.json + index.html) with save-to-reload and one-click packaging via pack-skin.exe. See the developers page

Yes. Layout backup exports all configs and skins as a single zip for one-click import on the new machine. Data is portable, so moving the whole install folder works too.

Let your desktop drift