After Hours Labs

After Hours Labs

Web apps and projects that bring your desktop to life

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01Apps

In the works

Spring is coming

The next app is already in the works. Instagram gets the first look.

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02Experiments

Pixel Sandbox

Falling sand right in your browser: 33 materials, heat, pressure and electricity. Lava cools into stone, and gunpowder in a sealed vessel bursts its walls.

Play in browser GitHub

03Engine

WinTers Engine

coming to GitHub

WinTers' snow, wind and drifts run on our own engine: particle and air simulation, window tracking and a transparent desktop overlay on Direct3D 11 and Metal. We are getting it ready to be open-sourced.

04Roadmap

  1. November 2026 Done

    WinTers 1.0

    Desktop snow is out on the Microsoft Store and for macOS.

  2. Winter 2026/27 Now

    WinTers Engine on GitHub

    Getting the engine ready to be open-sourced: tidying the API, writing docs and examples.

  3. Spring 2027 Next

    The spring app

    Our next desktop app. Instagram gets the first look.

  4. As funding allows Later

    Signed apps

    Windows and macOS certificates, so the apps launch without warnings.

05Principles

  • 01

    Performance

    Lean code that doesn't weigh your system down.

  • 02

    No ads, no tracking

    No telemetry, analytics or banners.

  • 03

    Value over price

    Free, or the price of a cup of coffee.