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Sideglass is a source-available desktop dashboard application for Windows, published by Moises Valero, designed to transform a secondary monitor into a persistent, glanceable information hub. Its core purpose is to keep frequently consulted widgets and shortcuts visible at all times without cluttering the primary display, making it a practical addition to multi-monitor workstations. The software aggregates several everyday utilities into a single customizable interface: it displays current weather conditions, calendar events, and hardware status indicators such as system performance metrics, while also providing quick access to notes, YouTube, and AI-related shortcuts. This combination makes Sideglass relevant to the dashboard, widgets, and desktop customization category, and it suits use cases ranging from personal productivity setups, where users want reminders and schedules in constant view, to monitoring-oriented environments in which system health and resource usage need to be watched alongside other work. Content creators and streamers can also benefit, since dedicating a secondary screen to media shortcuts and notes helps keep the main workspace focused. Because the dashboard is customizable, individual users can arrange and prioritize the modules that matter most to their own workflows rather than accepting a fixed layout. The source-available distribution model allows technically inclined users to inspect the code behind the application, offering a degree of transparency uncommon among closed desktop utilities. The current release is version 0.2.35, and the project has reached nine published versions in total, indicating an ongoing development effort with multiple iterations delivered since its initial release. As a Windows-only application, Sideglass targets desktop and laptop users running multi-monitor configurations on Microsoft's operating system, and its pre-1.0 versioning reflects a product that is still actively evolving in features and polish while already offering a functional set of dashboard capabilities for everyday use.
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