Use this command to install AppCloner with WinGet:
winget install --id=EazyHood.AppCloner -e
AppCloner runs the same Windows app several times, each clone signed in to a
different account: three Chromes, two Discords, two Telegrams. The original app
is never copied or modified - each clone is launched with its own data space,
using the app's official profile flag when it has one (--user-data-dir,
-profile, -workdir) and redirected folders when it does not.
Free to use, with no paywalls or locked features. Includes light and dark themes
and six languages.
It is a convenience for separating accounts, not a security boundary. Some apps
(single global instance, session stored in the registry) need Sandboxie mode or a
separate Windows account; AppCloner detects those and says so.
README
Clone Windows apps with independent sessions.
Run the same app several times, each clone signed in to a different account
(three Chromes, two Discords, two Telegrams…). WhatsApp works too — the classic
Electron build; the Microsoft Store build needs a separate Windows account.
Professional UI with light / dark / system themes, soft shadows, and 6 languages
(English, Español, 中文, Português, Français, Deutsch). Default language: English.
Screenshots
Light
Dark
Icons view
Install
Portable: download AppCloner.exe from the latest release.
No Python or install needed — just double-click.
Installer: an AppCloner-Setup.exe (creates shortcuts) is coming soon.
Requirements: Windows 10/11 (64-bit). Portable .exe is ~33 MB.
Before you run it:
The binary is unsigned, so Windows SmartScreen may warn on first run
("More info" → "Run anyway").
Because it's a single-file PyInstaller build, some antivirus engines flag it as
a false positive. The source is fully here — build it yourself if you prefer
(see From source / build), and check the release with
VirusTotal if in doubt.
Verify your download against the SHA256SUMS.txt published with each release.
Features
Basics
Create, edit, duplicate, archive and delete clones (with a Trash / restore).
Add "from installed apps" (including Microsoft Store apps).
Create several clones at once; templates for repeated setups.
Shortcuts on the desktop, Start menu and startup; "Clone with AppCloner" in the
File Explorer right-click menu.
Isolation
By folder (--user-data-dir / profile) for browsers and Electron apps.
By environment redirection for native apps — and if the app is installed inside%LOCALAPPDATA%/%APPDATA%, its install folder is re-attached with a junction so
it doesn't lose its own files (see Why clones used to break).
Microsoft Store (MSIX) apps are activated through their package identity, so they
keep their capabilities instead of being started as a bare .exe.
A separate WebView2 data folder per clone, for apps that embed a web panel.
Sandboxie-Plus mode (a separate box per clone) and "another Windows account"
for hard apps (Steam, Epic, Spotify, apps that store the session in the registry).
A checker that tells you honestly whether the clone has its own session, and
says so plainly when folder-based checking can't prove anything.
When something goes wrong
Startup is watched: if a clone closes right away you get the reason, with its exit
code translated (missing DLL, needs administrator, access denied…).
It distinguishes "died" from "handed off to a window that was already open" — the
most common case, and the one that used to be reported as success.
Revisar y reparar (clone menu) fixes the target path, re-extracts the icon,
rebuilds the shortcuts and tells you which isolation method is in use.
Power
Proxy and user-agent per clone (browsers).
Access PIN to lock clones (asked in the manager), profile encryption (EFS),
guest (ephemeral) clone.
Launch profiles (open a group of clones with one click), scheduled openings.
Open on a specific monitor and remember window position/size.
Backup a clone (with its session) and restore it.
Stats: RAM, process count and total usage time per clone.
System tray, native notifications, update notice.
Export/import the whole configuration.
6 languages and accessibility (UI scale, high contrast, reduce motion).
Shortcuts: Ctrl+N new, Ctrl+F search, F5 refresh, Ctrl+Q close all,
Ctrl+, preferences, Del delete selection.
The original app is never copied or modified: each clone launches with its own
data space. It's a convenience for separating accounts, not a security boundary.
Some apps (session in the registry, non-Electron Store apps, global single
instance) need Sandboxie mode or a separate Windows account; AppCloner tells you.
Mind each app's terms of use.
Why clones used to break
If you used AppCloner before v4 and hit clones that died, lost features, or showed
the wrong icon, these were the actual causes — all fixed now:
Symptom
Root cause
The clone opens and closes by itself
The wrong executable was launched. Squirrel apps (Discord, GitHub Desktop, Claude) put a ~350 KB stub in the install root, and their shortcuts point at Update.exe. Both just relaunch the real binary and exit, so what AppCloner watched died immediately.
The clone opens but shares the original account
Same cause: the isolation flags were chosen from the real exe and then handed to the stub, which ignores them.
A Store app doesn't open, or opens crippled
Its .exe was started directly from the protected WindowsApps folder, losing the app's package identity.
The clone is missing features the app has
The app was installed inside %LOCALAPPDATA%, and redirecting that variable hid the app's own installation from itself.
Two clones share one login in an in-app web panel
WebView2's data folder wasn't isolated.
The icon is blurry, generic, or a letter
PrivateExtractIconsW was requested from the wrong DLL, so extraction failed on every machine and silently fell back. Store-app icons live in the package manifest, which was never read.
The desktop shortcut shows the Python or AppCloner icon
Windows only draws .ico in a shortcut's IconLocation, and the cached icon was a PNG, so it fell back to the launcher's own icon.
pip install -r requirements.txt and python -m appcloner. For the .exe:
pip install pyinstaller and run build.bat (output in dist\AppCloner.exe).
Tests: pytest -q. Lint: ruff check appcloner tests.
Contributing
Compatibility reports, app recipes and translations are welcome — see
CONTRIBUTING.md.
Support
AppCloner is free to use. If it helps you, consider a star on GitHub or a
donation via Ko-fi (or
GitHub Sponsors). There are no paywalls
or locked features — everything above is free.
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