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A free, open-source Stardock Fences alternative for Windows 11.
Keep files in glass panels, switch projects with tabs, and ask your AI agent to configure the layout, appearance and sorting rules through the built-in CLI.
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Your desktop. Configured by your AI
Built-in CLI. Ready for your AI agent.
Tell your AI agent how you want your desktop to work. The bundled pecofence-cli lets Claude Code, Codex and Cursor read your current setup and apply changes directly in PecoFence.
- Configure it in your own words. Change themes, transparency, icon sizes and global settings, or adjust every fence at once.
- Organize once. Keep it organized. Create project fences, arrange icons and add rules that sort new files automatically.
- Save a setup you like. Use snapshots for fence layouts and configuration export/import for settings, rules and layouts.
Try it with your AI agent
Open PecoFence, then paste this request into your AI coding agent:
Use pecofence-cli to configure my desktop. First read pecofence-cli skill and pecofence-cli describe, then inspect my current settings and fences. Back up my configuration before changes. Switch to dark mode and make all fences more transparent.
The CLI is included. The Microsoft Store edition adds pecofence-cli to PATH. With the portable ZIP, give your agent the path to pecofence-cli.exe.
Example conversation with a coding agent
Put my desktop PDFs in a Docs fence, keep new PDFs there, switch to dark mode and make the fences more transparent.
pecofence-cli config export "$env:USERPROFILE\pecofence-before-ai.json" pecofence-cli snapshot save before-cleanup pecofence-cli fence create --title Docs pecofence-cli rule add --name PDFs --ext pdf --to Docs --index 0 pecofence-cli rule apply pecofence-cli settings set theme dark pecofence-cli fence set --all opacity clear
Built for agents and scripts: describe exposes the command catalog and JSON Schemas; skill prints the agent guide. JSON results report what changed, and structured application errors help the agent choose its next step.
Give everything a place
See it in action
One fence. Multiple workspaces.
Keep related fences together as tabs. Switch from Project to Ideas in a click, then drag a tab out when you want the extra room.
Your desktop, one shortcut away.
Press Ctrl + Alt + Space to bring your fences above the current application. Grab what you need, then press Esc to return.
Animations from the user manual. GIFs loop automatically.
Small details that add up
| Feature | What you get |
|---|---|
| AI + CLI | pecofence-cli — Configure it in your own words. Change themes, transparency, icon sizes and global settings, or adjust every fence at once. |
| Less sorting | Rules for file types, extensions, names, wildcards, shortcut targets, time and size. New files find their fence automatically. |
| Glass that fits your desktop | Fluent and Liquid Glass themes, light/dark modes, per-fence colors, opacity and icon tinting. |
| Familiar file handling | File Explorer context menus, drag and drop, copy/paste, multi-select, thumbnails and icon/list/details views. |
| Keep folders close | Put a live folder on your desktop. Browse subfolders and see changes as they happen. |
| Space when you need it | Roll a fence up to its title. Hover to expand. Lock a layout you like. Double-click the desktop to hide your fences. Double-click again to bring them back. |
| A way back | Layout snapshots, daily backups, configuration import/export and swapping fences between displays. |
| A small footprint | A native Rust application that idles at about 40 MB of memory in Task Manager. The WebView2 settings panel loads on demand. |
Automatic sorting rules keep files in their original locations. File moves you initiate work like they do in File Explorer.
Explore the complete feature list →
Get PecoFence
The Microsoft Store edition is signed by Microsoft, updates automatically and never shows a SmartScreen prompt. The same app also comes as:
- Portable ZIP: download
pecofence-v<version>-x64-portable.zipfrom this repository's Releases page, extract the whole ZIP into a folder and runpecofence.exe. - Installer:
pecofence-v<version>-x64-setup.exeon the same page installs PecoFence for your Windows user, with a Start menu entry and an uninstaller. - winget:
winget install DayuanJiang.PecoFenceinstalls the portable build and skips the SmartScreen prompt.
Requirements, configuration and a few useful notes
- Windows 10 22H2, or Windows 11 22H2 or later. Settings needs the Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime. Windows 11 includes it; on Windows 10 install it from Microsoft if Settings does not open.
- The first launch creates four fences in your selected language: Programs, Folders, Files and documents, and Desktop. Windows desktop icons are restored when you exit.
- Configuration lives in
%APPDATA%\PecoFence\config.json. Launch with--portableto keep it in aconfigfolder beside the executable. - The ZIP and the installer are unsigned. If Windows SmartScreen appears on first launch, choose More info → Run anyway.
Portable edition guide · Language guide · Windows installer guide
Build it. Make it yours.
PecoFence is Apache 2.0 licensed, and contributions are welcome—from a sharper translation to a better desktop interaction.
Contribute · Improve a translation · Development guide
Made for a desktop you enjoy coming back to.
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Thanks to the LINUX DO community.