Direct2d GitHub Repositories (2026) · Open Source Tools

A free, open-source Stardock Fences alternative for Windows 11 and 10. Glass fences, live folders, tabs, Peek. Rust, a few MB of RAM at rest, 11 languages, portable.

A small Windows image viewer built with C#, Native AOT, Win32, and Direct2D.

Aero Glass For Windows 10+

The fastest Direct2D-powered image viewer for Windows. Features multi-threaded JXL/AVIF decoding, GPU acceleration, and a borderless geek UI. Supports WebP, RAW, & QOI with visual settings and auto-updates. Portable & SIMD-optimized.

Fast, lightweight markdown viewer & reader for Windows. Native C++ with Direct2D — <5MB binary, <100ms startup, no Electron. 10 themes, TOC, search, edit mode.

A dock and a launcher for Windows. Replaces the taskbar. Alt+Space grows the dock into a launcher. Rust and Win32, one ~1.5 MB exe.

DirectN AOT compatible version. Only for .NET Core 10 and beyond. Interop Code for : DXGI, WIC, DirectX 9 to 12, Direct2D, Direct Write, Direct Composition, Media Foundation, WASAPI, CodecAPI, GDI, Spatial Audio, DVD, Windows Media Player, UWP DXInterop, WinUI3, etc.

One UI's Now Bar for the Windows taskbar: a pill with what's live now (music and lyrics, timers, live football and basketball, Galaxy Buds, weather, game downloads, Claude Code) and a card that opens from it. Windows 10 and 11, Turkish and English.

Direct interop Code for .NET Framework, .NET Core and .NET 5+ : DXGI, WIC, DirectX 9 to 12, Direct2D, Direct Write, Direct Composition, Media Foundation, WASAPI, CodecAPI, GDI, Spatial Audio, DVD, Windows Media Player, UWP DXInterop, WinUI3, etc.