Desktop Insights - Know What Every Desktop App Is Built With

# Desktop Insights > Technographics platform for desktop software. Tracks SDKs, frameworks, and > dependencies used by macOS and Windows desktop applications. ## What we track - SDKs, frameworks, and dependencies inside 15,000+ desktop apps (macOS + Windows) - 30 SDK categories: error tracking, analytics, feature flags, database, UI framework, state management, payments, auth, observability, realtime, auto-update, networking, security, notifications, cloud, media, desktop framework, machine learning, advertising, internationalization, charts, rich text editor, CSS framework, animation, game engine, communication, user support, deep linking, logging, utility - App architecture and runtime (Electron, Native, Tauri, Qt, Flutter, WPF, .NET) - Install counts from Homebrew, Winget, and GitHub - Code signing, notarization, and entitlements (macOS) ## Key pages - /apps - Browse all tracked desktop applications - /apps/{slug} - App profile: full technology stack, dependencies, version history - /tech - Browse all detected technologies and SDKs - /tech/{slug} - Technology profile: which apps use it, adoption stats - /stats - Aggregate desktop ecosystem statistics - /blog - Analysis and insights about desktop app technology trends - /docs - API documentation and guides - /faq - Frequently asked questions ## Data freshness - App profiles updated within 48 hours of new version releases - Popularity data (Homebrew, Winget, GitHub) updated daily ## MCP Server - Remote endpoint: https://desktopinsights.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP transport) - npm package: desktopinsights-mcp (stdio transport, for local/automation use) - Tools: lookup_app, search_apps, compare_apps, list_sdk_categories - Auth: Bearer token with API key - Covers 15,000+ macOS and Windows desktop applications ## REST API - Base: https://desktopinsights.com/api/v1 - GET /api/v1/lookup?app={name} - Look up an app's technology stack - GET /api/v1/search?errorTrackingSdk=Sentry - Search apps by SDK, runtime, platform -