One resident application
The shell and its tools share a C23 process. Owner threads separate responsibilities; demanding numeric and codec jobs use short-lived, contained helpers.
A PERSONAL LINUX DESKTOP, BUILT TOGETHER
One native shell.
A whole desktop.
DanDesk brings the desktop shell, everyday applications, and system controls into one native Wayland application. A shared Vulkan renderer, theme system, and text engine tie it all together—from the taskbar to a document’s pixels. Dense interfaces, per-monitor HDR, GPU image reconstruction, and native input sharing make it feel built as a system.
Explore the componentsC23 + VulkanNative WaylandShared controls & themesHyprland window management
Actual pixels from the live system. Captured through DanDesk’s official HDR path and tone-mapped to sRGB.
01 / APPLICATIONSSix tools. One visual language.
Everyday work,
in familiar surroundings.
The same compact controls, native windows, and rendering follow you from files to formulas.
02 / THE DESKTOPThe small tools make the whole.
Everything else,
within reach.
A native shell around your applications, useful tray panels, and controls for the machines around you. Choose a group, then a component.
03 / INSIDE DANDESKShared foundations, distinct responsibilities.
Built as a system.
One rendering foundation
Vulkan presentation, shared text shaping, color handling, and GPU sinc image reconstruction carry across the desktop, applications, and dialogs.
One set of building blocks
Settings, themes, menus, reports, editors, and accessibility semantics are shared. Hyprland, PipeWire, BlueZ, and other host services keep their own roles.
The runtime components21 owners · a brief map +
A personal desktop, shown as it runs.
32 selected views, captured on the top 3840 × 2160 monitor. Sample documents and messages are used in the tour; crops keep private content out of view.