# [088] Watch: Windows desktop enhancement (Dock / taskbar replacements, desktop zones, phone-PC linking): the set of small tools crowded on Mac has just produced its first paid one on Windows > Source: https://stringers.io/en/o/088.html (Stringers / 什么值得做, generated 2026-11-08) > Stringers answers one question every day: what small product can one or two people build in a few months and actually make money from. Numbers come from 15 databases we collect daily, each with source and date. > For agents: these verdicts and the underlying databases (verified revenue, App Store / Google Play charts, ad libraries, GitHub, Product Hunt…) are queryable live over MCP — tools today / hot / products / directions / direction / data. Setup: https://github.com/komako-workshop/stringers (the user logs in at stringers.io → "配置 agent" to get a personal URL). Site index: https://stringers.io/llms.txt > Grouped by store. Each group starts with the charts that can be graphed (real curves, data dates below the chart), then the scanner's original notes and source links. [Home](https://stringers.io/worth/) / [088] # Observation: Windows desktop enhancers (Dock / taskbar replacements, desktop zones, phone-to-PC linking). The pile of small tools crowding Mac has just produced its first paid one on Windows. Watching Trackable · platform shift (Mac → Windows) First seen 2026-11-03 · Last updated 2026-11-08 Status Watching Confidence Low (one paid sample + three free libraries). ## Evidence Grouped by store. Each group starts with the charts that can be graphed (real curves, data dates below the chart), then the scanner's original notes and source links. ### Indie product revenue (TrustMRR)1 evidence · 1 products with curves [lumabar](https://trustmrr.com/startup/lumabar) lumabar.xyz TrustMRR · 30-day revenue $3,326 (+13781%) Monthly revenue (verified by payment platform) 2026-10 → 2026-11 (2 pts). Light bars = current month, not yet complete Daily revenue (UTC day) Data 2026-09-29 → 2026-11-06 (39 days, 39 observations). Single-day swings are big, so look at the trend in the monthly breakdown above. - indie (revenue verified via Polar, as of 11-01): lumabar (lumabar.xyz, "taskbar replacement for Windows 11 / 10, a Dock with live widgets", $5.99 one-time purchase, founded 2026-10-01, only Reddit listed as a channel, founder X 32 followers) $1,490 in 30 days, starting from zero in its first month. Among Windows tools in the same search that take payment, only it and a screen recorder ($156) show up. ### GitHub1 evidence · 3 products with curves [InukaAsith/TwinDesk](https://github.com/InukaAsith/TwinDesk) GitHub · created 2026-10-14 · 3,700 stars · 7 days +1,315 All your computers and your phone, working as one desk. Screens, apps, files, clipboard, calls, texts, notifications, mouse and keyboard, shared between Mac, W Stars Data 2026-10-18 → 2026-11-08 (22 days, 22 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one [thtbee/nectarlink](https://github.com/thtbee/nectarlink) GitHub · created 2026-10-04 · 2,893 stars · 7 days +2,336 Your Android phone and your PC, working as one. Windows and Linux. Local-first, end-to-end encrypted, no account. Stars Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 30 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one [DayuanJiang/PecoFence](https://github.com/DayuanJiang/PecoFence) GitHub · created 2026-09-13 · 846 stars · 7 days +135 A free, open-source Stardock Fences alternative for Windows 11. Glass fences, live folders, tabs, Peek. Rust, ten languages, portable. Stars Data 2026-10-09 → 2026-11-08 (31 days, 30 observations). Points before 10-28 come from deeply / archive backfill, not every day has one - GitHub (11-03): InukaAsith/TwinDesk (merges several computers and phones into one desktop: screen, files, clipboard) repo 20 days old, 2,952 stars, 7 days +2,525; thtbee/nectarlink (links Android phones and Windows PCs, local-first, end-to-end encrypted, Rust) repo 30 days old, 1,537 stars, 7 days +1,477, qualified today; DayuanJiang/PecoFence (free open-source replacement for Stardock Fences, Windows 11 desktop zones) 51 days, 730 stars. ### Other sources (official sites, press releases, web pages) 1 pieces of evidence - Compared with the Mac side: the notch / Dock / menu bar tools in [005][051] are already a red ocean, and the highest-ranked Mac one on indie, Cooldock, relies on paid acquisition. On the Windows side, the paid ones bring in only $1.5k/month, and nobody is crowding in yet. ## My take The Windows user base is much larger, but willingness to pay and distribution are the issues (there is no Windows equivalent of the Mac App Store or Setapp for one-time-purchase small tools). lumabar, with 32 followers, made $1.5k in a month mostly through Reddit, which shows people will pay for "Mac-style nice desktop tools" on Windows. The phone-PC linking branch is currently all free and open-source (with Microsoft Phone Link next to it). ## What would upgrade it lumabar's revenue doesn't drop in November (it's not a launch spike); or a second Windows beautifying / productivity tool passes $1k/month on indie. Downgrade: lumabar November < $500. ## Who it's for Individual developers who can build Windows-native (WinUI / Rust / Tauri), one-time purchases of $5–15, customer acquisition through Reddit and the YouTube customization crowd. ## Should every product builder know this? No (desktop tool builders should know this). ## Change log 2026-11-08 Lumabar has been live for 30 days at $3,326 (week five), with revenue of about $2K over the last 7 days. Two more weeks before it clears the "no November drop-off" bar. 2026-11-07 lumabar: day 30, $3,079 total. Revenue over the last 7 days went $2,001 → $2,057, growth stalling around $2k per week. nectarlink +181 today. Unchanged. 2026-11-06 lumabar: day 30, $2,981 total (last 7 days $1,836 → $2,001, still climbing but slowing). Related: s1dashu/quiet-md (native notes app in Rust + GPUI, macOS and Windows, 5 days, 1,033 stars). Unchanged. 2026-11-05 lumabar: day 30, $2,780 total (last 7 days $1,075 → $1,836), still accelerating. TwinDesk 3,374 stars (7 days +2,307, accelerating), nectarlink 2,407 (+2,227, accelerating). One more week to see if it holds through November before upgrading. 2026-11-04 lumabar: day 30, $2,328 total (last time $1,490). Last 7 days $594 → $1,075, steady climb, not a one-off spike. TwinDesk 3,227 stars (7 days +2,406), nectarlink 2,115 (7 days +2,051). Two more weeks needed to see if November revenue holds before upgrading. 2026-11-03 First recorded (cleared the bar: nectarlink newly cleared, TwinDesk being tracked, indie lumabar moving the same way). Original: Scanner opportunity library #088 (updated daily, 06:00); this page was generated on the 2026-11-08 edition.