About
PetalWorks makes software for people who want Windows to feel chosen, not issued.
Why it exists.
A Windows PC is often the most personal machine someone owns. They pick the case, the screen, the keyboard and the lights. Then they switch it on and get the same desktop as everyone else.
PetalWorks is about closing that gap. SakuDesk does it at the desk: a desktop that changes with you, music and sound one key away, and motion as smooth as the screen it's on. Hanii does it on a handheld, where the Windows desktop is even more out of place on a seven-inch screen held in two hands.
The name comes from both. Petals are what SakuDesk draws over your desktop. Works is the workshop they come from.
What we make.
SakuDesk
For your desktop PC: wallpapers that change, and your sound on one key, from one window. Windows 10 and 11. SakuDesk Free, version 20.9, is ready to download, and SakuDesk Premium unlocks the rest as a monthly subscription.
Hanii
For your gaming handheld: a console home screen in place of the Windows desktop, driven entirely by controller. Made for the ROG Ally and Ally X. Built and running on our test PC; a free edition will be offered here.
How we work
Motion you can measure
Smoothness gets tested with numbers, not a feeling. When SakuDesk's live wallpaper moved to a process of its own, the window's median delay fell from 21 ms to 5 ms on our test PC. Hanii runs at 144 frames a second by default.
You can turn it down
Everything that moves can slow down or stop. SakuDesk has Low, Medium and High speed levels, and this site has a Footage switch at the top of every page. If your system asks for less motion, we start with less.
Your settings stay yours
SakuDesk Free keeps its settings in a folder in your Windows user folder. It needs no account and shows no adverts, and without an account it only asks us whether a new version is out.
Plain talk
If something isn't ready or hasn't been tried, we say so. That's why this site labels footage of SakuDesk Premium, admits Hanii's ASUS modes are untested on a real Ally, and tells you Windows will warn you about our download before you meet it.
Nothing you didn't ask for
No toolbars and no bundled offers. One file, which you can delete whenever you like.
Real footage only
Every clip here is the app itself, filmed running. The games, songs and pictures in it are made up for the filming, so nothing personal or borrowed shows on screen.
Where things stand.
- Ready now
- SakuDesk Free for Windows. One file, no account, no cost
- Being built
- Hanii's free edition. It will be offered here once it's ready
- Premium
- Every locked part of SakuDesk Free, as a monthly subscription through a PetalWorks account. The Premium page shows it unlocked
- Windows only
- Both apps are made for Windows. There are no versions for macOS, Linux or phones
Your data, briefly.
This site has no analytics, adverts or tracking cookies. Accounts are optional and hold only what's needed to run them. You can delete yours at any time, and it's gone straight away. The privacy page has the full detail, and the terms say what you can and can't do with our apps.