the desktop companion

your banana, on windows.

the desktop companion puts your banana on your computer screen while you work. click it and a page opens, and what you journal there goes into the same vault as your phone.

download for windows

this is version 0.1.5.

it comes with both plans and needs the phone app, and it doesn't update itself yet, so for a newer version download it again. this is an early build that isn't signed yet, so windows asks once before it opens, and the steps are below.

how to connect it.

install
click 'download for windows' above, then open skriblio-setup.exe from your downloads. if your browser says it isn't commonly downloaded, choose 'keep'. if windows says 'windows protected your pc', click 'more info', then 'run anyway'. when it's installed, your banana appears at the bottom of your screen, next to a box for a code.
a code on the phone
in the app, open the 'you' tab, tap 'desktop companion', then 'make a code'. the code is six characters long and works for ten minutes.
type it once
type the code into the box on your computer and they're connected. from then on the banana on your screen knows when you've journaled, the same as the one on your phone.

a day with it.

it opens by itself when your computer starts. a minute or two later it walks onto the screen, on days there's nothing in your journal yet.
you can turn off 'open when the computer starts' from its icon in the taskbar, next to the clock, if you'd rather open it yourself.
it walks and runs about, climbs onto your windows, sits on top of them and peeks out from behind them.
moe, the monk, floats cross legged instead of walking, and kit gets about in small hops.
you can pick it up and put it somewhere else, or throw it and watch it bounce off the edge of the screen.
it keeps still while you're in a call, and at night it takes a nap.
click it and a small card opens with its line, a 'journal' button and a 'not now' button.
'journal' opens a cream page with a prompt to start from, and what you journal there goes into the same vault as your phone.
'not now' sends it off the screen, and it comes back in about an hour.
once you've journaled, it dances in a burst of confetti and walks off the screen until tomorrow.
after a couple of quiet days it gets restless, and if you stay away for a while it stays on your screen and goes bananas.

try it here.

last journaled

this is the real desk banana on a pretend windows screen. drag it, throw it, move the windows about, or click it and journal a page. nothing you type here is kept.

needs

windows10 or 11, 64 bit
installfor the current user, with no admin needed
webview2windows 11 has it, and windows 10 downloads it once
signingit isn't signed yet, so your browser may say the file isn't commonly downloaded, and windows may say 'windows protected your pc'. choose 'keep' in the browser, then 'more info' and 'run anyway' in windows.

what it won't do

it makes no sound, and it never shows a badge or a red dot.
your vault and your old pages never appear on the computer.
windows are only shapes to it, so it knows where they sit but never what's in them, and nothing it sees leaves your computer.

there's a mac version too, and it connects to your phone the same way.