Rusty Desktop Icons

Control and animate Windows desktop icons from Python or Rust. Read icon positions and monitor geometry, move icons in batches, or prepare reversible animations with curves and GPU effects.

Choose Python or Rust to install from the package registry. Both use the same native engine.

Task	Start Here
Save layouts or inspect monitors	Desktop management
Design timing and motion	Curves and animation
Keep a UI responsive	Non-blocking execution
Scrub/reverse a preview	Timelines
Create images without moving icons	Off-screen rendering
Attach or author GPU effects	Shaders

The entity map is the index to public types. Language guides contain recipes; concepts contain shared contracts and limitations. This is a proof-of-concept library: test live writes on a saved layout, and use off-screen rendering when a preview must leave desktop state untouched.

Showcases

These looping previews are off-screen renders composed over a desktop mockup, not screen recordings or FPS benchmarks.

Movement	Glitch
Particle Vortex	Dust Transfer
Silk Flow

Library Documentation

• Concepts
  • Architecture
  • Public Entity Map
  • Desktop Management
  • Curves and Durations
  • Animation Specifications and Preparation
  • Non-blocking Execution and Observers
  • Timelines and Playback
  • Scenes, Canvases and Captured Frames
  • Shaders and Effects
  • Errors, Enums and Logging
  • Showcases
• Demo App: Timeline Editor
  • Screenshots
  • Install the Demo
  • Launch the Demo
  • Editor Controls
• Python
  • Getting Started
  • Guides
  • Examples
  • API Reference
• Rust
  • Getting Started
  • Guides
  • Examples
  • API Reference
• Contributing Documentation and Types
  • Choose the Source
  • Root uv Tooling
  • Generate Python Types
  • Documentation Background
  • Publish a Release
  • Build the Site
• GitHub Repository