IndiCaps

IndiCaps — a Caps Lock indicator for Windows.

Every time you press Caps Lock, a small elegant notification appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen, then fades away. The app runs quietly in the background from the notification area — no window, no interference.

Designed and crafted by Jovatis.

---

Features

• Overlay notification on every Caps Lock press (PNG-based design)
• Always on top, but click-through: it never steals a click or the focus
• Optional toggle sound
• Settings panel:
  • Language: English / French
  • Indicator on/off
  • Sound on/off
  • Animation (fade) on/off
  • Launch at Windows startup
• Icon in the notification area (hidden icons)
• Single instance (no duplicate on double launch)
• Configuration stored in %APPDATA%\IndiCaps\config.json

---

Installation (plug & play)

Download the IndiCaps-1.0.0.zip file from the GitHub Releases page. The zip contains:

IndiCaps-1.0.0/
├── IndiCaps.exe
└── assets/
    ├── bgon.png
    ├── bgoff.png
    ├── capson.wav
    ├── capsoff.wav
    └── Poppins-Regular.ttf

Extract the folder anywhere you like and run IndiCaps.exe.

Important: the assets folder must stay next to IndiCaps.exe (that's where the app looks for it). As long as it does, you can move IndiCaps.exe anywhere. To quit: right-click its icon in the notification area → "Quit".

---

Building from source

Requirements: .NET 8 SDK (Windows).

dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -o dist

The output is dist\IndiCaps.exe (self-contained, no .NET install required, ~68 MB once compressed). Then copy the assets folder next to the exe.

---

Project structure

IndiCaps.csproj        .NET 8 project (WinForms, single-file)
assets/                resources (images, sounds, font)
src/                   C# source (app, UI, P/Invoke, settings…)
dist/                  build output (ignored by git)
bin/ · obj/            compilation artifacts (ignored by git)

Build output (bin/, obj/, dist/) is excluded from git because it is regenerated on every build: the repository only holds source + assets, and the compiled exe is distributed through Releases.

---

Credits

IndiCaps — designed and crafted by Jovatis · v1.0.0

Thanks for testing, reporting bugs, and starring the project if you like it.

---

License note

IndiCaps is MIT-licensed. Assets (images, sounds) remain the property of their authors. The bundled font is Poppins, released under the SIL Open Font License — free to use and redistribute, including in commercial applications.