🚀 Starter App Launcher

A modern Windows desktop application for managing favorite applications, monitoring system metrics, and controlling startup programs.

• Real-time System Monitoring
  • CPU & RAM usage charts (last hour)
  • Current system metrics
  • Refresh on demand
• Running Applications
  • See all active windows
  • Memory and CPU usage per app
  • Quick kill/close functionality

• Monitor Windows Startup Apps
  • View all applications configured to start with Windows
  • Registry (User & System)
  • Startup Folders
  • Task Scheduler
• Real-time Status
  • See which apps are running
  • Process ID and memory usage
  • Quick terminate processes
• Management
  • Remove apps from startup
  • Disable unwanted autostart entries

• Manage Favorite Apps
  • Multi-select support
  • Label system (Browser/App/Working app)
  • Test and delete actions
• Browser Link Management
  • Add URLs to browser favorites
  • Manage multiple links per browser
  • URL validation

• Discover Installed Apps
  • Scan Start Menu shortcuts
  • Search functionality
  • Quick add to favorites

• Startup Trigger
  • Auto-launch selected favorites on Windows startup
  • Configurable delay (5/10/15/30/60 seconds)

• Languages
  • Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
  • English
  • Russian (Русский)
• Autostart Trigger
  • Configure app to start with Windows
  • Task Scheduler integration
• Rules & Permissions
  • Run with Administrator privileges
  • Manage app permissions

• 🌑 Modern Dark Theme
• 🖼️ Responsive Layout
• 🎯 Intuitive Navigation
• 🌍 Multi-language Support
• ⚡ Fast & Smooth

• Framework: PySide6 (Qt for Python)
• Icons: QtAwesome
• System Monitoring: psutil
• Build Tool: PyInstaller
• Architecture: Clean, modular design

1. Download StarterAppLauncher.exe from dist/ folder
2. Double-click to run
3. No installation needed!

Python 3.11+
pip

# Clone the repository
git clone <repo-url>
cd StarterApp

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

# Run the app
python src/app/main.py

# Build exe
.\build.bat

# Build installer (requires Inno Setup - https://jrsoftware.org/isdl.php)
.\build-installer.bat

Output: installer_output\StarterAppLauncher-Setup-1.0.0-beta.exe

# Quick build
build.bat

# Rebuild (clean and build)
# This will automatically sign the EXE if certificate exists
build.bat

# Or manual build
pyinstaller --onefile --windowed --clean ^
  --name "StarterAppLauncher" ^
  --paths "src" ^
  --add-data "src/i18n/locales;i18n/locales" ^
  [... see build.bat for full command]

# Rebuild with code signing (if certificate exists)
# The build.bat script will automatically sign the EXE after building
# Make sure code-signing-cert.pfx exists in the project root

Note:

• The build.bat script automatically cleans previous build artifacts
• If code-signing-cert.pfx exists, the EXE will be automatically signed after build
• To create a certificate: .\create-cert.ps1
• To manually sign: .\sign-exe.ps1 -ExePath "dist\StarterAppLauncher.exe"

StarterApp/
├── src/
│   ├── app/              # Entry point
│   ├── ui/               # UI components
│   │   ├── pages/        # Main pages
│   │   ├── tabs/         # Tab widgets
│   │   └── theme.py      # Dark theme
│   ├── services/         # Business logic
│   ├── models/           # Data models
│   ├── storage/          # Config management
│   ├── i18n/             # Translations
│   │   └── locales/      # Language files
│   └── utils/            # Utilities
├── dist/                 # Built executable
├── build.bat             # Build script
├── run.bat               # Run script
└── requirements.txt      # Dependencies

The app stores configuration in:

%APPDATA%/StarterAppLauncher/config.json

Configuration includes:

• Language preference
• Favorite apps
• Browser links
• Startup settings
• Autostart configuration

Some features require Administrator privileges:

• Autostart Management (Task Scheduler)
• Kill System Processes
• Modify System Registry

Enable in: Admin Settings → Rules → Run as Administrator

• 🇻🇳 Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
• 🇬🇧 English
• 🇷🇺 Russian (Русский)

Easy to add more languages by adding JSON files in src/i18n/locales/

[Your License Here]

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

For issues and questions, please open an issue on GitHub.

• PySide6 for the amazing Qt framework
• QtAwesome for beautiful icons
• psutil for system monitoring capabilities

Github: https://github.com/quanntdev/starter-application