About Bridge
Bridge is a platform that brings the apps you use every day into one place, on your Windows PC and on your phone. It's built in pieces, so you only install what you'll use. Your data stays on your own PC, and it looks the way you want.
How it fits together
Bridge, the baseHome and its search, a full browser, web apps, Music, wallpapers, Settings and the Store. Everything else plugs into it.
AppsFiles, Games, Notes, Money and more. Each is a tab or an icon in Bridge, and also runs on its own without Bridge.
Add-onsThey extend Bridge itself: control Windows, use a controller, cover every display, reach your phone, or make Bridge your desktop.
What Bridge stands for
Only what you useEach app and add-on installs, updates and uninstalls on its own
Private by designNothing collected, no accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your PC
Signed and checkedEvery install and update is checked against Bridge's signature before it runs
Your lookBridge's own looks, colours from your wallpaper, or a theme of your own
A browser that respects youTrackers blocked, HTTPS where possible, and every site asked not to sell your data
FreeBridge and every app is free
Everything in Bridge
Bridge
BridgeBridge is where everything else plugs in. Home is one search bar for the web, Bridge's settings and whatever your packages add. The browser is a full one, with tabs, split view, extensions, private tabs and Shields blocking ads and trackers, and any site can become a web app in the top bar; the Music tab and the now-playing player follow whatever is playing. Live wallpapers set the colours of every page, or pick one colour yourself. Settings, one backup for every package, and the Store, where you add apps and add-ons, are all here. Use it in a window or full screen; add Bridge Mode to make it your desktop.GuideGet it
Apps
Bridge DockTap the Windows key, or move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, and Bridge's dock comes up: Bridge, your apps, your pinned apps and your open windows. The app drawer shows your apps as tiles, Bridge's own first, with search. Windows' own taskbar is gone while the dock is on.GuideGet it
Bridge FilesBrowse, search and organise your files in glass. Open pictures, videos and PDFs in Bridge's own viewer, and edit them without leaving it.GuideGet it
Bridge GamesYour Steam, Xbox, Epic and other games in one library, with art, playtime and a controller-first view.GuideGet it
Bridge CalculatorA standard calculator with history and memory, in the top bar as a flyout and on its own in a small window. It works with the keyboard, the mouse and a controller.GuideGet it
Bridge TerminalPowerShell and Command Prompt in tabs, inside Bridge or in a glass window of their own.GuideGet it
Bridge ServerStart, stop and watch the servers you run on this PC, with their logs and how much they use.GuideGet it
Bridge ActivityCPU, GPU, memory and network over the last two minutes, your disks, and the apps that are running, with Close.GuideGet it
Bridge NotesNotes, checklists and folders, kept on your PC and with you on your phone through Bridge Mobile.GuideGet it
Bridge MoneyWhat you spend and save: accounts, a monthly budget by category, and goals. Kept on your PC only.GuideGet it
Bridge ThemesA theme library for every Bridge app on this PC: colours, glass, shapes and type, changed in one place and followed everywhere, with or without Bridge.GuideGet it
Add-ons
Bridge DesktopBridge Desktop adds your PC's own controls to Bridge: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, sound, how busy the PC is and your notifications in the top bar; Wi-Fi, sound, Bluetooth, displays, storage and This PC in Settings; your Windows apps in Home search; and Sleep, Restart, Shut down and Sign out in the Power menu.GuideGet it
Bridge Multi-displaysWith more than one display, Bridge covers each of them with its own wallpaper and pages, and a Displays button in the top bar turns the others off so one is used alone (the TV from the sofa) and back. Without it Bridge is on one display, like any full-screen app. It needs Bridge Desktop.GuideGet it
Bridge ModeBridge Mode makes Bridge this Windows account's desktop: Windows starts Bridge instead of its own desktop when you sign in, apps open full screen, and Exit to desktop brings Windows' desktop back. Switching it off, or removing the add-on, puts Windows back as it was. It needs Bridge Desktop.GuideGet it
Bridge TailscaleSee whether this PC is on your tailnet and which of your devices are online, from Bridge's top bar and Settings.GuideGet it
Bridge MobilePair your phone and open your Bridge apps in its browser, over Tailscale, while Bridge is open on this PC.GuideGet it
Bridge ScreensaverAfter a while with nothing pressed or moved, Bridge shows its clock over your wallpaper, and leaves it the moment you come back. It never starts while a game is in front or something plays full screen. You can also start it from the Power menu.GuideGet it
Bridge ControllerWith an Xbox controller (or any other Windows sees through XInput) the stick and D-pad move through all of Bridge, A selects and B goes back, and Menu opens an on-screen keyboard. Outside Bridge it works as a mouse, so you can use other apps from the sofa; a game in front keeps the controller to itself. Without this add-on Bridge is used with a mouse and keyboard.GuideGet it
BridgeBridge is where everything else plugs in. Home is one search bar for the web, Bridge's settings and whatever your packages add. The browser is a full one, with tabs, split view, extensions, private tabs and Shields blocking ads and trackers, and any site can become a web app in the top bar; the Music tab and the now-playing player follow whatever is playing. Live wallpapers set the colours of every page, or pick one colour yourself. Settings, one backup for every package, and the Store, where you add apps and add-ons, are all here. Use it in a window or full screen; add Bridge Mode to make it your desktop.GuideGet itBridge DockTap the Windows key, or move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, and Bridge's dock comes up: Bridge, your apps, your pinned apps and your open windows. The app drawer shows your apps as tiles, Bridge's own first, with search. Windows' own taskbar is gone while the dock is on.GuideGet itBridge FilesBrowse, search and organise your files in glass. Open pictures, videos and PDFs in Bridge's own viewer, and edit them without leaving it.GuideGet itBridge GamesYour Steam, Xbox, Epic and other games in one library, with art, playtime and a controller-first view.GuideGet itBridge CalculatorA standard calculator with history and memory, in the top bar as a flyout and on its own in a small window. It works with the keyboard, the mouse and a controller.GuideGet itBridge TerminalPowerShell and Command Prompt in tabs, inside Bridge or in a glass window of their own.GuideGet itBridge ServerStart, stop and watch the servers you run on this PC, with their logs and how much they use.GuideGet itBridge ActivityCPU, GPU, memory and network over the last two minutes, your disks, and the apps that are running, with Close.GuideGet itBridge NotesNotes, checklists and folders, kept on your PC and with you on your phone through Bridge Mobile.GuideGet itBridge MoneyWhat you spend and save: accounts, a monthly budget by category, and goals. Kept on your PC only.GuideGet itBridge ThemesA theme library for every Bridge app on this PC: colours, glass, shapes and type, changed in one place and followed everywhere, with or without Bridge.GuideGet itBridge DesktopBridge Desktop adds your PC's own controls to Bridge: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, sound, how busy the PC is and your notifications in the top bar; Wi-Fi, sound, Bluetooth, displays, storage and This PC in Settings; your Windows apps in Home search; and Sleep, Restart, Shut down and Sign out in the Power menu.GuideGet itBridge Multi-displaysWith more than one display, Bridge covers each of them with its own wallpaper and pages, and a Displays button in the top bar turns the others off so one is used alone (the TV from the sofa) and back. Without it Bridge is on one display, like any full-screen app. It needs Bridge Desktop.GuideGet itBridge ModeBridge Mode makes Bridge this Windows account's desktop: Windows starts Bridge instead of its own desktop when you sign in, apps open full screen, and Exit to desktop brings Windows' desktop back. Switching it off, or removing the add-on, puts Windows back as it was. It needs Bridge Desktop.GuideGet itBridge TailscaleSee whether this PC is on your tailnet and which of your devices are online, from Bridge's top bar and Settings.GuideGet itBridge MobilePair your phone and open your Bridge apps in its browser, over Tailscale, while Bridge is open on this PC.GuideGet itBridge ScreensaverAfter a while with nothing pressed or moved, Bridge shows its clock over your wallpaper, and leaves it the moment you come back. It never starts while a game is in front or something plays full screen. You can also start it from the Power menu.GuideGet itBridge ControllerWith an Xbox controller (or any other Windows sees through XInput) the stick and D-pad move through all of Bridge, A selects and B goes back, and Menu opens an on-screen keyboard. Outside Bridge it works as a mouse, so you can use other apps from the sofa; a game in front keeps the controller to itself. Without this add-on Bridge is used with a mouse and keyboard.GuideGet itMade by Bridge Softworks
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