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DeskSentry

Screen-driven desktop automation for Windows: watch the screen, files, clipboard and clock, and run actions when a rule matches.

Limited free plan
Windows
No account
No watermark

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Technical details

Pricing: Limited free planconfirmed by Automatic reading of the official pages
Excerpt from getdesksentry.com, read on 7 November 2026
utton in a window, or closes, focuses or minimises it – answers the dialog that fired the rule. – quantities, free version: 1 profile, 1 rule, 1 trigger, 1 condition, 3 actions. the event log and screenshot capture are not restricted – no retention cap, no watermark, no expiry. one problem a Open the page
License: Proprietary, freeconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: not documented
Commercial use: not documented
Account required: Noconfirmed by Automatic reading of the official pages
Excerpt from getdesksentry.com, read on 7 November 2026
0:15 pause download free 1.0.12 read the parts list released 12 october 2026 · what's new not a trial. no account, no cloud, nothing expires. pro is a one‐time purchase per major version – never a subscription. 1 screen · 11 ways in detail a – watched region what it actually Open the page
Credit card required: not documented
Watermark: Noneconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Excerpt from getdesksentry.com, read on 7 November 2026
igger, 1 condition, 3 actions. the event log and screenshot capture are not restricted – no retention cap, no watermark, no expiry. one problem at a time , with the settings and the limits: text on screen , file changes , hot folders , log files , the windows event log , the clipboard , i Open the page
Ads: not documented
Platforms: WindowsEstablished by Windows: Winget
Publisher: Boris Sundic
Latest version: 1.0.12
Source code: github.com/borissundic/desksentry-releases

Overview

Features described on its official website and in its Winget manifest: offline use, text recognition (OCR) and keyboard shortcuts.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Local-first, with a screenshot of every firing.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“DeskSentry watches a measured region of your Windows desktop, reads text out of it with local OCR, and runs actions when it changes.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
“Rules combine triggers, conditions and actions, driven by the screen, filesystem, clipboard, processes, log files, hotkeys or the clock.” — Winget, 10 November 2026

At a glance

DeskSentry offers a limited free plan; advanced features or heavier use are paid.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

Strengths

No account needed
No watermark on exports

Weaknesses

Limited free plan

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (account, free status) — 10 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (source code, publisher, licence, platforms, version) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (watermark) — 7 November 2026
Last technical check: 7 November 2026
Description from github.com — Manifeste Winget (MIT)

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