# LionelJouin/PiP-Tool

PiP tool is a software to use the Picture in Picture mode on Windows. This feature allows you to watch content (video for example) in thumbnail format on the screen while continuing to use any other software on Windows.

Repository: https://github.com/LionelJouin/PiP-Tool
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pip-tool
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: windows-10, c-sharp, picture-in-picture, wpf, machine-learning, youtube, twitch, video, player, dotnet, microsoft
Last push: 2022-12-07T18:52:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3349, "days_push": 1365, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1038, forks 84 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.769878+00:00)

## What it is
A Windows desktop application that enables Picture-in-Picture mode by capturing a selected region of any window and displaying it in an always-on-top thumbnail window. It uses ML.NET to learn from previous selections and predict likely regions to speed up usage.

## Use cases
- watch a video in a floating thumbnail while working in other apps
- keep a YouTube or Twitch stream always on top on Windows
- monitor a region of any window in picture-in-picture mode
- quickly reselect a previously used screen region for PiP

## When to choose
- you are on Windows and want picture-in-picture for any application, not just browsers
- you want an always-on-top region capture of a specific window area

## When to avoid
- you need PiP for minimized windows - it does not support them
- you are on macOS or Linux
- you need a maintained, actively developed tool

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, machine-learning, video-processing
- domain: desktop-applications, media, windows, machine-learning
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: picture-in-picture, wpf, mlnet, video-overlay, always-on-top, desktop

## Member repositories
- LionelJouin/PiP-Tool (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.769878+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:04:12.780818+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LionelJouin/PiP-Tool (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.769878+00:00, sha 042fae1158f2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.