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microsoft/PowerToys

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microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a large, active Windows utilities suite with a very large user and fork base. It appears geared toward productivity and customization on Windows, and recent activity shows ongoing feature and bug work, especially around Command Palette. Forks are likely interesting if you want to study or extend a broad, mature Windows tooling collection.

GitHub

Stars131,135

Forks7,836

Default branchmain

Last pushed2026-03-30T06:30:11Z

Best maintainedNone

Closest to upstreamindierawk2k2/PowerToys-1

Most feature-richIzaiahSun/PowerToys

Most opinionatedIzaiahSun/PowerToys

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IzaiahSun/PowerToys

stale

significant_divergence

Prefer this fork only if you need a long-frozen, highly customized PowerToys baseline. If you want current PowerToys features and fixes, upstream is the better choice.

Likely purpose

To preserve and customize an older PowerToys codebase for local experimentation, niche Windows utility work, or maintaining a fork that did not keep up with upstream's rapid evolution.

Best for

Developers maintaining a legacy PowerToys variant.; Users who need a frozen snapshot for patching or research.; Fork authors looking for an older Windows utilities codebase to modify heavily.

Additional features

Custom work around ZoomIt capture/recording and panorama capture paths.
Extra preview-pane and thumbnail-provider handling for G-code sample/test workflows.
Fork-specific edits to calculator engine and Monaco/TypeScript assets suggest local product or tooling customization rather than a plain mirror.
Adds plugin, tool, or MCP-style extensibility beyond the upstream baseline.
Introduces more operational workflow surface such as server-side handling, auth, session control, or admin tooling.
Changes agent workflow behavior, such as prompt handling, handoffs, worktrees, memory, or orchestration flow.

Missing features

Falls about 200 commits behind upstream, so it likely misses recent PowerToys fixes and features.
Does not appear to include the recent Command Palette work that is active upstream in 2026.
Being last pushed in 2021, it likely lacks many newer utilities, polish, and bug fixes that current PowerToys users expect.
It trails upstream by 200 commits, so some recent upstream features and fixes are likely not present yet.

Strengths

Large existing codebase with broad Windows utility coverage.
Useful if you want an older, forkable baseline with substantial prior customization.
May be easier to study if you specifically need a 2021-era PowerToys branch.

Risks

High merge debt from major upstream divergence.
Stale maintenance means security, compatibility, and UX regressions are more likely to linger.
Adopting it as a product base would require significant work to catch up with current PowerToys behavior.