Orbit/README.md

Orbit

A portable C# / WPF website launcher for Windows.

Features

• Website cards with automatic or custom icons
• Collections, search, and drag-to-reorder
• Import/export libraries with custom icons
• Undo shortcut deletion and open collections together
• Light and charcoal themes
• Starts maximized; green outer outlines indicate dragging and focus

Run

Download the portable Windows x64 package from this repository's Releases page, extract it, and run ShortcutsPanel.exe. No installer or separate .NET runtime is required. Windows 10 or Windows 11, 64-bit.

Settings

Links and preferences are stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Orbit\settings.json. Open settings opens that folder. The previous save is retained as settings.json.bak. Older Orbit registry or sidecar settings migrate automatically.

Use Import / Export to share your library. Copying the executable alone does not carry personal links. Custom icons and collection order are included in exports; the theme remains local. Undo history lasts for the current session.

Build

Requires Windows and the .NET 8 SDK.

dotnet publish ShortcutsPanel.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -p:DebugType=None -p:DebugSymbols=false -o release

Checks

dotnet run --project tests/StorageChecks.csproj
dotnet run --project tests/FeatureChecks.csproj
dotnet run --project tests/ThemeChecks.csproj

Theme checks include live icon downloads; unavailable sites use fallback icons. See README.txt for detailed controls and release notes.