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A lightweight Windows panic-button utility that hides quietly in your system tray. Mole is a small open-source Windows application designed to quickly hide your current activity. When the Panic action is triggered, Mole: Mutes system audio Minimizes all open windows Opens Notepad as a safe application Mole runs quietly in the Windows system tray and stays out of the way until it is needed.
A lightweight Windows panic-button utility that hides quietly in your system tray.
Mole is a small open-source Windows application designed to quickly hide your current activity. When the Panic action is triggered, Mole:
- Mutes system audio
- Minimizes all open windows
- Opens Notepad as a safe application
- Mole runs quietly in the Windows system tray and stays out of the way until it is needed.
Features
- One-click Panic action
- Mutes the default Windows audio output device
- Minimizes all application windows
- Opens Notepad after minimizing existing windows
- Runs in the Windows system tray
- Double-clicking the tray icon triggers Panic
- Minimal interface with only Panic and Exit options
- Can be packaged as a standalone Windows executable
- Open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0
Platform Support
Mole currently supports:
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
Linux and macOS are not currently supported because Mole relies on Windows-specific APIs and keyboard shortcuts.
How It Works
Mole stays in the Windows notification area.
The tray menu contains two actions:
Panic
Runs the following actions in order:
- Mutes system audio
- Minimizes all open application windows
- Opens Notepad
- Notepad is opened last so that it remains visible after the other windows have been minimized.
Exit
- Stops Mole and removes its icon from the system tray.
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About Mole on Product Hunt
“A lightweight Windows panic-button utility.”
Mole was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #33 on the daily leaderboard. A lightweight Windows panic-button utility that hides quietly in your system tray. Mole is a small open-source Windows application designed to quickly hide your current activity. When the Panic action is triggered, Mole: Mutes system audio Minimizes all open windows Opens Notepad as a safe application Mole runs quietly in the Windows system tray and stays out of the way until it is needed.
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Who hunted Mole?
Mole was hunted by Rajtilak Bhattacharjee. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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