ContextCleaner: see every entry in the Windows 11 right-click menu, and which app added it — on the Microsoft Store.
Guided workflow variation

Move and snap windows acrossmonitors with a keystroke.

MonitorPilot shifts windows to the next screen, snaps, centres, and maximises them, parks apps where they belong as they open, and rebuilds saved layouts instantly — and this layer works even on laptop panels.

MonitorPilot moves, snaps, centres, and maximises windows with global hotkeys, parks apps as they open, and rebuilds saved layouts — a layer that works even on laptop panels.

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One-time purchase No telemetry Local-first

windows 11 · ddc/ci · no drivers · offline · no telemetry

If this sounds like your week

Herding windows across a multi-monitor desk is a daily drag.

Send an app to the next screen, snap it to a half, centre it, maximise it — and you're dragging with the mouse, fighting snap zones across mismatched resolutions. The built-in Win+Arrow gestures are limited, and nothing reliably parks a given application on a given screen when it launches.

Where tooling usually breaks

Your arrangement scatters, and you reassemble it by hand.

A reboot, an app update, or a docking change is enough to fling your careful layout apart, leaving you to haul every window back into place. Doing that over and over is exactly the friction a multi-screen rig was meant to remove, not create.

Where MonitorPilot lands

Move, snap, and auto-place windows with a keystroke.

MonitorPilot shifts the focused window to the next or previous screen, snaps it left or right, centres it, or maximises it — from the app or via global hotkeys. Window rules park an application where it belongs as it opens, and saved layouts snap all your open windows back into a chosen arrangement at once. Because this layer never touches DDC/CI, it works even on laptop panels.

Pay once. Own it forever.

One-time purchase on the Microsoft Store · No subscription · Instant install

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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 on Store purchases.

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windows 11 · ddc/ci · no drivers · offline · no telemetry

What you get

Feature highlights

Control every external display from one window or the tray

brightness, contrast, input source, volume, color temperature, and power over standard DDC/CI—no kernel drivers required.

Named profiles (Work, Gaming, Night, or your own) switch every monitor at once, and per-app automation applies a profile, preset, or custom brightness the moment an app takes focus.

Named profiles (Work, Gaming, Night, or your own) switch every monitor at once, and per-app automation applies a profile, preset, or custom brightness the moment an app takes focus.

Advanced rules engine

combine foreground app, window title, time of day, sunrise/sunset, battery state, idle time, full-screen, and virtual desktop with AND/OR/NOT logic and optional gradual transitions.

Workspaces and window management

restore your whole multi-monitor desk in one click after docking, and move, snap, center, or maximize windows across screens with global hotkeys.

Reliable by design

monitors are keyed by a hardware EDID hash so settings never land on the wrong screen, a serialized bus-safe queue protects fragile DDC/CI controllers, and settings are crash-safe.

Featherweight, native, and private

built in Rust with WebView2 (not Electron), under 15 MB idle RAM target, sub-250 ms cold start, 100% offline with no account, no telemetry, and no network access.

Product Interface

MonitorPilot dashboard showing each external display as a card with brightness, contrast, and volume sliders
Every external display in one window — brightness, contrast, input, volume, and colour at a glance, straight from the tray.

Control every monitor, then let your desk run itself.

MonitorPilot drives brightness, contrast, input, volume, and colour over standard DDC/CI—no drivers—then adds the automation and reliability layer free slider tools skip.

Profiles & per-app rules: switch the whole desk in a click, or apply settings automatically when an app takes focus.
Docking-safe by design: panels are keyed by hardware EDID, so settings never land on the wrong screen after a reconnect.
Native & private: Rust + WebView2 (not Electron), under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no account, no telemetry.

Enterprise managed deployment available: MonitorPilot is available in an enterprise managed deployment version for organizations rolling out multi-monitor fleets, under any of the three per-seat licensing options . Contact [email protected] to request an evaluation copy and discuss volume licensing.

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Especially when

  • Control external monitor brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color on Windows 11 without fumbling with the buttons under the bezel
  • Automate per-app and time-of-day monitor settings across a multi-monitor desk instead of adjusting each screen by hand
  • Restore the correct display settings after docking or undocking without Windows reshuffling which monitor is which

Who benefits

Real-world scenarios

The window wrangler

You spend the day dragging windows between three monitors and snapping them into place, and after a reboot or an app update your careful arrangement is scattered again.

MonitorPilot moves and snaps windows with global hotkeys, parks each app on the right monitor as it opens, and rebuilds a saved layout instantly, so the arrangement reassembles itself.

The daily docking shuffle

Every time you dock the laptop the desk is wrong again — levels reset, the primary panel moved, windows piled on the built-in screen — and you rebuild it by hand before you can start work.

You save the arrangement as a MonitorPilot Workspace and restore it in one click; because it identifies panels by hardware EDID, every setting lands on the correct screen, and it reports what restored.

The fullscreen gamer

Mid-match the screen feels too bright, but the only way to fix it is to break focus, minimise, and dig through a menu — by which point the moment, and maybe the round, is gone.

You press a MonitorPilot global hotkey and the panel dims two notches without leaving the game, or scroll the tray icon between rounds — no alt-tab, no lost concentration.

Deep dive

Window management that survives reboots and docking

Multi-monitor desks accumulate a layout: this app on the left screen, that one maximised in the centre, a reference window snapped to a half on the right. Windows gives you Win+Arrow for basic snapping, but it has no memory — reboot, update an app, or change your dock and the arrangement scatters, leaving you to drag everything back into position one window at a time.

MonitorPilot treats your layout as something you can save and command. It moves the focused window to the next or previous monitor, snaps it left or right, centres it, or maximises it, all from the app or with global hotkeys you can trigger without touching the mouse. Window rules park an application where it belongs whenever it opens — "always open Chrome on Monitor 2," "maximise Photoshop on Monitor 1" — matched by process name and an optional window title. Saved window layouts snap every open window back into a chosen arrangement in a single action, and display layouts capture full monitor arrangements including position, resolution, rotation, and which screen is primary, so you can flip between whole desk configurations. Crucially, none of this depends on DDC/CI: window management works on any setup, including the laptop built-in panels that cannot be brightness-controlled, and like everything else in MonitorPilot it runs locally with no telemetry and no account.

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Our Core Moat

Engineered to respect your system boundaries.

System Resource Monitor (Idle State Comparison)
Automata Labs low idle memory footprint compared to generic Electron applications

Lightweight Native Stack

Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<25MB idle RAM).

100% Local-First Privacy

Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.

Perpetual Fallback Licenses

Pay a single, clear one-time purchase price. Own your specific native software utility execution tier permanently without artificial subscription paywalls or ongoing usage tax.

FAQ

Straight answers—no glossary dump

Can MonitorPilot move and arrange windows across multiple monitors?

Yes. MonitorPilot moves the focused window to the next or previous monitor, snaps it left or right, centres it, or maximises it, all via global hotkeys. Window rules auto-place an app when it opens, and saved layouts snap every open window back into a chosen arrangement. This layer does not need DDC/CI, so it works on any setup, including laptop panels.

Does MonitorPilot require drivers, an account, or an internet connection?

None of the three. MonitorPilot controls monitors over standard DDC/CI with no kernel drivers, needs no account or sign-in, and makes no network calls — it is fully functional offline. It is a native Rust app with a WebView2 front end, targeting under 15 MB of idle RAM and a quick cold start, so it stays quietly in the tray until you need it.

Will MonitorPilot work with my monitor and my laptop screen?

MonitorPilot controls external displays that support DDC/CI, which covers most modern monitors (some need it enabled in their on-screen menu). Laptop built-in panels generally do not expose DDC/CI and can't be controlled this way — a hardware limitation, not a MonitorPilot one. Window management, global hotkeys, and system volume still work regardless, so a laptop setup keeps real value.

Is MonitorPilot a subscription, and how do I get it?

MonitorPilot is a one-time purchase on the Microsoft Store — no subscription and no account required for core use. Because DDC/CI support is hardware-dependent, trying it on your own displays is the best way to confirm they respond. Use the Microsoft Store button on this page for the current listing and price.

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MonitorPilot runs your whole desk.

MonitorPilot controls every external display over DDC/CI—brightness, contrast, input, volume, and color—then automates the desk with profiles, per-app rules, workspaces, and window management. Native Rust, under 15 MB idle RAM, 100% offline, no drivers, no account.

Pay once. Own it forever.

One-time purchase on the Microsoft Store · No subscription · Instant install

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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 on Store purchases.

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Technical specifications

Technical specifications for procurement

Spec Implementation
Data Sovereignty Profiles, rules, workspaces, and per-monitor names are stored locally; no cloud sync or remote backup
Telemetry Status None; no account, no analytics, and no outbound network access by policy
Core Runtime Rust core with a WebView2 front end (not Electron); controls displays over standard DDC/CI
Network Requirements Fully functional offline; sunrise/sunset and adaptive brightness are computed on-device with no location lookups
Deployment Compatibility Windows 11 only; controls external DDC/CI displays (laptop built-in panels generally do not expose DDC/CI)
Controls Brightness, contrast, input source, volume, color temperature, and power per display
Automation Profiles, per-app context switching, and a rules engine over app/time/solar/battery/idle/full-screen/virtual desktop
Reliability EDID-hash stable identity, serialized bus-safe DDC queue, and crash-safe transactional settings
Footprint Target under 15 MB idle RAM and sub-250 ms cold start (verified on QA hardware)