# moudey/Shell

Powerful context menu manager for Windows File Explorer

Repository: https://github.com/moudey/Shell
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shell
Homepage: https://nilesoft.org
Language: C++
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: context-menu, file-explorer, right-click, shell-extension, nilesoft-shell
Last push: 2026-02-09T04:35:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1831, "days_push": 205, "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 6793, forks 255 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:48.645179+00:00)

## What it is
Nilesoft Shell is a free, open-source context menu manager for Windows File Explorer written in C++. It lets users add custom items, modify or remove existing context menu entries, and fully customize appearance via a plain-text configuration file with an expression syntax.

## Use cases
- customize the Windows right-click context menu
- add custom commands to launch apps, files, or folders from the context menu
- remove or hide context menu items added by third-party software
- create nested multi-level context menus with icons and colors
- add terminal or file management shortcuts to the File Explorer menu
- customize the taskbar and desktop context menus

## When to choose
- you want full control over the Windows File Explorer context menu
- you need a lightweight, portable tool with plain-text configuration
- you want to add custom menu items with icons, SVGs, or colors
- you want to clean up cluttered context menus from other software

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform solution (Windows only)
- you prefer GUI-based configuration over editing a text config file
- you only need simple context menu tweaks available in Windows settings

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, configuration-management
- domain: windows, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: windows
- tags: context-menu, shell-extension, file-explorer, right-click, customization, nilesoft-shell, portable, automation

## Member repositories
- moudey/Shell (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.645179+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 2026-08-29T17:42:06.746782+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/moudey/Shell (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:48.645179+00:00, sha 7a6ae8d25df3)
  - homepage: https://nilesoft.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:16.338667+00:00, sha 8752dd038d55)
  - site_page: https://nilesoft.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:16.347870+00:00, sha 0b23c7337ba0)
  - site_page: https://nilesoft.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:38:16.349621+00:00, sha f531933ebe31)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.