ShowLinePhotos
Drag a photo onto the line and it stays in view.
A card points at the file on disk. Nothing is copied, nothing is uploaded.
Windows 10 / 11 · 7-day free trial
A line at the edge of your Windows desktop
Hang a photo, a screenshot, a copied line of text or a colour on it. Bring your pointer close and it slides out — no hunting for it.
$12.99 once · not a subscription
Opens the Microsoft Store. Payment and refunds are handled by Microsoft.
The problem
Everything you want to glance at lives somewhere else.
The photo you meant to look at again. The hex code you copied three minutes ago. The screenshot you just took and cannot find. None of it is on the screen you are working on.
They are all one window away. And that is exactly far enough.
Why nothing stuck
You have tried all of these.
Here is why each one gave up on you.
The photo app
It opens a window, takes the focus, and asks you to leave what you were doing. You came for one picture and left with none.
The desktop wallpaper
One image at a time, and it sits behind everything — hidden the moment you open a window.
A folder of screenshots
Still a folder. Something you have to decide to open. Folders never surface themselves.
Widgets and pinboards
They sit on top of your work and get in the way — so you close them, and they never come back.
Clipboard managers
A history panel you have to summon, search and dismiss. Useful, but still a window standing between you and the thing.
How it works
One line. A wooden peg. Nothing in between.
The line rests against one edge of the screen and stays out of the way until your pointer comes near. What hangs on it is not a copy — it is a peg holding a pointer to what is already on your disk.
Colours
Freeze, read the exact pixel, keep the card.
HEX, RGB and HSL together. Drag a card into your stylesheet when you need it.
Notes
Copy any plain text and it becomes a card.
Click to copy it again, drag it out to paste. Memory only, unless you ask for more.
Screenshots
Keep screenshotting the way you already do.
Shots from the Snipping Tool, Game Bar or Steam land on the line by themselves.
What it actually looks like
Every image below is rendered by the app itself — no mockup, no retouching.
Four smaller apps, one line
Each of these does one thing, and one thing only.
If you do not need all of it, each smaller app does one thing and is sold on its own for $4.99. They share the same line, the same peg, and the same refusal to phone home.
The limits
The honest limits, before you buy.
The line follows your primary display. Notes do not survive a restart. Exclusive full-screen games can hide it. Written down so you can decide before you buy, not after.
No screenshots, no text
ShowLine Photo only shows photos. Screenshots and clipboard text are different apps on the same line.
Cards point at the original file
Photos are never copied or backed up. Move or delete the file and the card stops working.
One display
The line follows the primary monitor. There is no separate line on each screen.
Exclusive full-screen games
Full-screen support is off by default. Exclusive full-screen can hide the line; use borderless windowed mode.
Anti-cheat
ShowLine does not inject into games or read game memory, but anti-cheat false positives cannot be ruled out. Follow each game's rules.
Notes are memory only
Text cards are not saved unless you switch local memory on, and they are never synced or searchable.
Passwords are skipped
Items marked as sensitive or shaped like a password are not hung. This is a filter, not a safe.
Windows only
Windows 10 and 11, 64-bit. No macOS, no Linux, no mobile version.
No account, no cloud
There is nothing to sign in to and nothing synced. That also means no restore if you reinstall.
Seven days to try it. Then you pay once.
$12.99
One payment of $12.99, not a subscription. No account to make, no renewal, no upsell.
Try it free for 7 days$12.99 once · Windows 10 / 11 · 7-day free trial · no account · nothing uploaded
Opens the Microsoft Store. Payment and refunds are handled by Microsoft.
Hang something on it.
Install it, use it for seven days, and if it does not earn its place on your screen, write to me. Refunds go through the Microsoft Store, and I will not stand in the way.
$12.99 once · Windows 10 / 11 · 7-day free trial · no account · nothing uploaded