TidyTop

A modern cross-platform desktop organization application, built with .NET 8 and Avalonia UI.

Overview

TidyTop is a desktop organization application that helps you organize your desktop icons and shortcuts into customizable fenced areas. It allows you to create, resize, and organize containers (fences) on your desktop to group related icons together, reducing clutter and improving productivity.

Features

• Desktop Fences: Create customizable fenced areas on your desktop
• Icon Organization: Drag and drop icons between fences
• Auto-Organization: Automatically sort icons within fences by name, type, or date
• Layout Management: Save and restore desktop layouts
• Quick Hide: Show/hide fences to reveal a clean desktop
• Customization: Customize fence appearance, colors, and transparency
• Cross-platform: Works on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Rules Engine: Create rules to automatically place new icons in specific fences

Technology Stack

• Framework: .NET 8
• UI Framework: Avalonia UI
• Architecture: MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel)
• Language: C#
• Testing: xUnit

Project Structure

TidyTop/
├── src/
│   ├── TidyTop.App/          # Main application project
│   ├── TidyTop.Core/         # Core business logic
│   └── TidyTop.Data/         # Data access layer
├── tests/
│   ├── TidyTop.App.Tests/    # UI and integration tests
│   └── TidyTop.Core.Tests/   # Unit tests for core logic
└── docs/                     # Documentation

Building and Running

Prerequisites

• .NET 8 SDK
• Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio 2022

Building the Solution

dotnet build

Running the Application

dotnet run --project src/TidyTop.App/TidyTop.App.csproj

Running Tests

dotnet test

Development

This project follows a modern development approach with:

• Clean Architecture principles
• Dependency Injection
• Unit Testing
• Continuous Integration

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Make your changes
4. Add tests for new functionality
5. Submit a pull request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.