Focus boundaries
TimeFence
Always-on-top session HUD so deep work stays time-boxed without tray amnesia.
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Desktop tools that never phone home.
On-device Windows utilities. One payment each. Zero subscriptions. Start with Taskbar Sentinel—back up your pinned apps and restore them in one click after a Windows update.
$4.99 USD
Microsoft Store
One-time purchase · Perpetual license · 100% offline
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Taskbar Sentinel — Pinned App & Taskbar Backup
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Verified binaries that bypass Windows SmartScreen natively
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Zero-Trust Security
100% local execution, absolutely zero background telemetry
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Secure purchase, instant install, and updates—no account needed on our site
Featured app
MonitorPilot
Take control of every monitor on your desk.
Control every external display from your tray—brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color over DDC/CI—then automate the whole desk with profiles, per-app rules, workspaces, and window management. Native Rust, under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no drivers, no account.
- Brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color over standard DDC/CI — straight from the tray, no drivers.
- One-click profiles and per-app automation switch your whole multi-monitor desk for you.
- Native Rust, under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline — no account, no telemetry.
$14.99 USD
One-time purchase · No subscription · Instant install via the Microsoft Store
Zero-Trust Desktop Infrastructure
Enterprise-grade desktop infrastructure—without the cloud rent.
Automata Labs desktop utilities do not phone home, do not upload your files to the cloud for core workflows, and process data strictly on your machine. One infrastructure layer for teams that refuse subscription rent on basic desktop work.
Execution continuity
StayGreen
Keep Windows awake for renders and downloads—with guardrails, not global insomnia.
View moduleReference overlay plane
PinPoint
Pin docs, browsers, and PDFs above your IDE without Alt-Tab archaeology.
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MetaForge
Batch strip or edit EXIF and embedded leakage before files leave the device.
View moduleLocal media processing
OpticBatch
Resize and convert image folders offline—no upload caps or privacy roulette.
View moduleNetwork visibility
Port Detective
See what is listening locally or remotely—diagnostics without cloud dashboards.
View moduleFlagship utility
Taskbar Sentinel
Back up your pinned apps and taskbar layout, then restore them in one click after a Windows update.
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The apps customers reach for first — full details and a one-click Microsoft Store purchase, no digging required.
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ContextCleaner
Take control of the Windows 11 right-click menu: pin the commands you use to the top, hide the clutter, and tame slow shell extensions—without touching the registry. Every change is backed up automatically and reversible in one click.
$4.99 USD
Available
MonitorPilot
Control every external display from your tray—brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color over DDC/CI—then automate the whole desk with profiles, per-app rules, workspaces, and window management. Native Rust, under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no drivers, no account.
$14.99 USD
Available
PinPoint
A lightweight always-on-top utility for Windows: keep reference windows—docs, browsers, PDFs—pinned above your work with a fast, zero-latency overlay.
$3.99 USD
Local-first Windows utilities
Browse the full catalog.
More focused, on-device utilities—each a one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store, with the same Perpetual Fallback guarantee.
Available
OpticBatch
The anti-cloud asset pipeline for macOS and Windows. Convert, compress, route, and scrub image batches locally with Rust-powered performance.
$3.29 USD
Available
CSVPrune
Clean, transform, and convert messy CSV files fast—entirely on your machine. Open files that break Excel, search and sort 100k+ rows instantly, fix encoding and delimiter garble, dedupe by any column, build calculated columns, then save your steps as a recipe and replay them in one click. Export to CSV, JSON, or XLSX. No cloud, no telemetry.
$14.99 USD
Available
DupeDoctor
Find and remove duplicate files and look-alike photos on Windows 11, then reclaim gigabytes of disk space. DupeDoctor confirms every exact match with a full BLAKE3 hash, only ever deletes to the Recycle Bin, keeps at least one copy of every set, and runs 100% offline — no account, no telemetry, pay once.
$4.99 USD
Available
IntelliClip
An intelligent Windows 11 clipboard manager with persistent local history, sub-millisecond search, smart paste transforms, and privacy guardrails.
$3.99 USD
Available
LockGhost
Reveal which Windows process is locking a file or folder—right from File Explorer—with Restart Manager–grade detection, friendly process names, severity cues, and guarded “end process” workflows. 100% offline; no telemetry.
$3.99 USD
Available
MetaForge
Strip GPS and device data, preview every change with Simulate Run, auto-organize photo libraries by EXIF, and batch-write copyright and IPTC keywords — locally on Windows, with a Rust engine and a one-time purchase price.
$3.79 USD
Available
PortDetective
The native-Rust port toolkit for Windows. Find the process hogging a port and kill it safely — then let Port Detective Pro keep that port yours with a background watchdog, remote scans, and Docker mapping. Free core viewer; Pro unlocks the active layer.
$14.99 USD
Available
PrismKit
PrismKit from Automata Labs bundles Windows productivity utilities—composable tools, local-first use, clean UI—as a one-time purchase instead of another subscription.
Free
Available
Reforge
Batch rename, route, and reorganize large file libraries on macOS and Windows with deterministic rules, atomic execution, and fully local processing.
$4.99 USD
Available
StayGreen
Prevent sleep, keep your status active, and work with Windows sleep policies using effectively zero CPU overhead and smart hardware guardrails.
$4.99 USD
Available
Taskbar Sentinel
Back up your pinned apps and taskbar layout, then restore them in one click after a Windows update. Adds per-app system tray rules and a self-healing engine that repairs missing icons and stuck auto-hide—100% offline, no telemetry, pay once.
$4.99 USD
Available
TimeFence
A persistent timer HUD for Windows: an un-ignorable always-on-top countdown for deep work, with optional Strict Mode, Rust/Tauri, and zero telemetry.
$2.99 USD
Why focused utilities win
Automata Labs vs PowerToys & OS defaults
PowerToys is a great free suite—but when you need depth, privacy, and a tiny footprint, our native tools deliver. Browse the full catalog of Windows utilities .
| Feature | Microsoft PowerToys / OS Default | Automata Labs Utilities |
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| System Footprint | Heavy background processes / OS bloat | Ultra-lightweight native Rust/Tauri (<15MB RAM) |
| Customization | Rigid, uncustomizable default system behaviors | Deep workflow guardrails, custom visual states, & persistent controls |
| Privacy & Security | Persistent cloud syncing and telemetry tracking | 100% Offline, zero telemetry, local-first architecture |
System Footprint
PowerToys / OS Default
Heavy background processes / OS bloat
Automata Labs
Ultra-lightweight native Rust/Tauri (<15MB RAM)
Customization
PowerToys / OS Default
Rigid, uncustomizable default system behaviors
Automata Labs
Deep workflow guardrails, custom visual states, & persistent controls
Privacy & Security
PowerToys / OS Default
Persistent cloud syncing and telemetry tracking
Automata Labs
100% Offline, zero telemetry, local-first architecture
In Development Pipeline
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GigaStream
Learn more →Tame massive logs and endless CSVs.
MileGuard
Learn more →The offline mileage and maintenance logbook.
QueryForge
Learn more →Untangle massive SQL queries visually.
SkyScout
Learn more →The offline logbook for your drone fleet.
TruLine
Learn more →Assembled in Blocks. Compiled in Rust. 100% Local.
Trusted by pragmatic desktop users
Built for people who prefer tools that stay local.
Real workflows: focus timers that stay visible, batches that never leave the disk, and renames you can rewind.
Customer review
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PinPoint: Always On Top saves me so much time as I can organize all my report materials without having to flip between windows or tabs. I love the fact that it is straightforward and simple.
Senior Accountant · Manufacturing Company · United States · PinPoint
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Customer review
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I used to get so frustrated when my Taskbar would freeze and disappear. Taskbar Sentinel has eliminated that pain without subjecting me to another subscription.
Darren · Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Taskbar Sentinel
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Customer review
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OpticBatch and MetaForge are a lifesaver for me as a person with a passion for photography. They give me the ability to stay organized and keep personal information confidential when I post pictures online.
Sherri · United States · OpticBatch & MetaForge
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Our Principles
Built on what
we won't compromise.
Pay once. Keep it forever.
Own your software with zero subscription fatigue. Pay once, keep the version you bought for good, and never get pushed onto a recurring subscription.
No phone home. No cloud upload.
Core workflows run strictly on-device—your files are not uploaded to the cloud for everyday use, and the suite is not designed around background usage telemetry. Your data stays on your CPU.
Built for the workstation you already run.
Engineered for a minimal system footprint, ensuring zero interference with intensive primary workloads.
Perpetual Fallback Licensing
Pay once. Own it forever.
Own your software. Zero subscription fatigue. Permanent fallback access. Start with Taskbar Sentinel, our most popular app, or buy any single app with the same pay-once, own-it-forever deal.
- Pay once—no subscriptions, ever
- Runs on your PC—your files never go to the cloud
- Microsoft Store checkout—instant install, automatic updates, easy expensing
Flagship · Microsoft Store
Taskbar Sentinel
Back up your pinned apps and taskbar layout, then restore them in one click after a Windows update.
$4.99 USD
One-time purchase · Perpetual license · No subscription
- Pinned app & taskbar layout backup with one-click restore
- Per-app system tray rules that survive Windows updates
- Self-healing engine repairs missing icons and stuck auto-hide
- Zero-trust local execution; no telemetry, 100% offline
Buy through the Microsoft Store—instant install, automatic updates, and a Microsoft receipt for easy expensing. No account needed on our site, and no subscription.
Available on the Microsoft Store
OpticBatch
The offline image optimizer for people who refuse the cloud.
Tired of ad-riddled web converters, upload caps, and privacy roulette? OpticBatch is a lightweight desktop bulk image resizer power users can run without sending a single byte to the internet. Use it as a fast batch webp converter and AVIF pipeline — powered by a high-concurrency Rust engine (tokio + rayon) that saturates CPU cores for fault-tolerant, batch throughput on huge folders.
Get it from Microsoft One-time purchase · No subscription · Instant install via the Microsoft Store
Deploy Zero-Trust Desktop Infrastructure.
Start with Taskbar Sentinel—back up your pinned apps and restore your taskbar in one click. On-device, perpetual license, zero subscription fatigue.
Get it from Microsoft
One-time purchase · No subscription · Instant install via the Microsoft Store
"OpticBatch and MetaForge are a lifesaver for me as a person with a passion for photography. They give me the ability to stay organ…"
Sherri · United States · OpticBatch & MetaForge