Utilities
PocketDeskies
In development
A suite of small homescreen widgets built with Jetpack Glance — the kind of utilities that should never need their own full app. Each widget is type-safe Compose-style code, not legacy AppWidgetProvider XML.
What it does
- Multiple compact widgets in one installable suite
- Built with Jetpack Glance — Compose-style widget composition
- Configurable per-widget without leaving the homescreen
- Lightweight install with no background services
- Local config persistence, no account required
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