Flōt Andrew Brey
winget install --id=andrewbrey.flot -e Keep a website always-on-top and translucent. For Mac, Windows, and Linux. Top feature: It's simple and works like a charm ❤️ * Adjustable transparency to ensure just the right level of visibility * Stays on top of other windows and out of your way * Optional "detached" mode which will let mouse clicks "pass through" Flōt to the window below * Built-in basic ad and tracker blocking * Simple and clean design with just the cutest little logo drawn by my wife
Flōt is a cross-platform application designed to keep websites always-on-top with adjustable transparency. This tool allows you to view web content while staying focused on other tasks by maintaining visibility without obstruction.
Key Features:
- Adjustable Transparency: Fine-tune the opacity level for optimal viewing comfort.
- Always-On-Top Functionality: Ensures the website stays visible, enhancing multitasking efficiency.
- Detached Mode: Enables mouse clicks to pass through Flōt, allowing interaction with underlying windows.
- Ad and Tracker Blocking: Reduces distractions by minimizing ads and trackers.
- Clean Design: Features a minimalist interface with an endearing logo.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for users seeking quick access to web content without interruptions. Flōt is perfect for those who want to monitor social media, news feeds, or live scores while working on other tasks. It enhances productivity by providing seamless integration of web content into your workflow.
Flōt can be installed via winget, ensuring a smooth setup across supported platforms.
README
Flōt (floht)
Keep a website always-on-top and translucent. For Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Install
Download the latest version of Flōt for your operating system from the official website or from GitHub Releases
Important Notes About Usage
- Flōt embeds a website of your choosing inside of the Flōt application. Some websites do not permit being embedded in this way by default, and Flōt bypasses this restriction by disabling certain web security mechanisms. This should be perfectly safe if you're just using it to view a video or content site, but you should exercise caution by not using Flōt as a general purpose web browser. Those protections within your browser are important to ensure you don't have private or sensitive information stolen.
> TLDR; Flōt is mostly a fun toy, and should not be used like a regular browser. > Don't do your banking in a Flōt window. Don't enter passwords in a Flōt > window. Treat Flōt like it is a "read only" viewer of public web pages.
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In order to distrubute and/or auto-update an app on Windows and Mac, developers need to pay pretty large fees to become part of the respective developer programs for each platform. Since Flōt is just for fun, to scratch my own itch, I have chosen not to pay these fees for the sake of this app. This means that this app is "unsigned" and is therefore likely to trigger warnings from your operating system about being from an "untrusted developer". This is expected, and the instructions to get passed this will vary depending on your operating system.
For mac here is a support page to install an untrusted dmg file
On Windows, you should just be able to use the presented prompt to open the app
While I promise this app does nothing malicious, please don't just take my word for it! The code is here for you to see and read :)
> TLDR; Flōt may be flagged by your computer as an app you shouldn't open. You > can bypass this if you understand the risks. Note that for Mac, this will > prevent the app from auto-updating itself, so updates must be installed > manually.
Features
Top feature: It's simple and works like a charm ❤️
- Adjustable transparency to ensure just the right level of visibility
- Stays on top of other windows and out of your way
- Optional "detached" mode which will let mouse clicks "pass through" Flōt to the window below
- Built-in basic ad and tracker blocking
- Simple and clean design with just the cutest little logo drawn by my wife
Screenshots
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License
MIT. Copyright (c) Andrew Brey