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Date Countdown

Get it from Microsoft

Date Countdown is a small Windows countdown app built with WinUI 3. It helps you keep track of important dates with a compact desktop interface, optional startup notifications, Windows 10 Start tile updates, and Windows 11 Widgets integration.

Date Countdown desktop app in dark mode

Features

  • Multiple Countdowns: Create and switch between multiple saved countdowns.
  • Compact Interface: A focused date and title editor designed to stay small and unobtrusive.
  • Startup Notifications:
    • Enable notifications per countdown.
    • Receive reminders when Windows starts.
  • Windows Integration:
    • Windows 10: update a pinned Start tile.
    • Windows 11: provide a Date Countdown widget for the Widgets board.
  • Custom Text Size: Adjust the main countdown text and event title text separately with a live preview.
  • Sorting: Sort countdowns by days remaining.
  • Localization: Includes English and Simplified Chinese resources.

Requirements

  • Windows 10 version 1809 (Build 17763) or later.
  • Windows 11 is required for Widgets integration.
  • No separate .NET runtime installation is required for the Microsoft Store/MSIX package.

Building

  1. Open the solution in Visual Studio 2022.
  2. Ensure the .NET 8 SDK and Windows App SDK workload are installed.
  3. Build and run the DateCountdown project.

Screenshots

Date Countdown dark mode

Date Countdown light mode

License

Date Countdown is released under the MIT License.

Acknowledgments

This project was developed with the assistance of AI tools, including GitHub Copilot and Codex, to accelerate development and refine the user interface.