Trindle

In betaWritten in Rust

No bar. No dock. No menu. Just one ring.

Every open window shows live in the ring. Draw on a screenshot before you keep it. A snapshot before every change. A dot whenever something is watching or listening.

A new desktop for Debian. One circle holds the clock, your programs, your windows and every switch.

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In beta testing now: version 0.9.0-beta.1. Download coming soon.

The Trindle ring open on the desktop: the time in the middle, with Settings, Firefox, Thunderbird, Writer, GIMP, VLC, Apps, Calculator and Folders round it.
  • One ring
  • Live window pictures
  • Draw on screenshots
  • A permission window like a phone’s
  • A dot when you are watched
  • A snapshot before every change
  • A Rust compositor
  • Locked system files
  • Coding agents in a box

What sets it apart

Each of these works in the beta today.

The ring with four windows open: Firefox, Thunderbird, Folders and Writer, each in its own slice of the outer circle.
Your windows live in the ringPoint at one and a small live picture of it appears. Click and it comes to the front.
Settings, Snapshots: a list of five snapshots, each with a restore arrow and a bin.
A photograph before every changeA snapshot before and after every install, update and removal, with old ones in the boot menu.
A clean screen

No bar, no panel and no clock on the desktop. The ring holds the time, sound, Wi-Fi, updates, your programs and your windows.

Draw before you keep

Press Print and the screen freezes. Mark it with arrows, boxes, blur or numbered spots, then copy, save or pin it.

A permission window like a phone’s

Every app lists what it wants in plain words, with a switch for each, all off until you choose.

You know when you are watched

A dot in the corner whenever an app uses the camera, the microphone or records the screen.

Apps cannot stop it starting

Only what the computer itself needs is installed system-wide. Apps may not add drivers or background services.

Its own compositor

The program that draws every window and takes every key is Trindle’s own, written in Rust. No plugin can reach into it.

System files stay put

The programs Trindle and Debian install are locked, and open only while Trindle itself installs an update.

Coding agents in a box

Coding assistants can read logs and run commands, inside a fence that hides your personal files.

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