Desktop Guidelines

Desktop Guidelines

Desktop Guidelines is a lightweight overlay tool for Windows 10/11 that lets you place customizable guidelines and shapes directly on your desktop – without interfering with the programs you’re working in. Perfect for designers, web developers, and digital artists who want clean, flexible visual guides across applications.

Features

• Place horizontal & vertical lines, freehand lines, and rectangles

• Choose different colors and freely resize or move guides

• Works as a non-blocking overlay: keep interacting with Photoshop, Paint, browsers, or any other app underneath

• Runs smoothly, no installation required

How to use

1. Download the ZIP file from this page

2. Extract it anywhere on your computer

3. Run Desktop Guidelines.exe – no installation needed

4. Place, move, and customize your guides as you like

Open Source

Curious about how it works or want to contribute?
The full source code is freely available on GitHub:
> github.com/Pfeifenreiniger/DesktopGuidelines