Panic Button

Display a fake desktop and mute audio on a single keypress

Have you had enough of people going into your room unannounced while you are watching... questionable content? Well we got a solution!
PanicButton helps you hide the "content" and mute the audio with a press of a button!

Compatibility

Panic Button is compatible with Windows 10 or above. Mac functionality is in beta, and Linux compatibility is not possible right now due to inconsistencies between distros and systems.

Setup

You can either download and install Panic Button by using the prebuilt installer, or you can set up Panic Button manually.
We recommend using the installer. The installer is always the most stable build of PanicButton.

Manual installation: (not recommended, use the installer.)

Install node.js

Install node.js LTS from the official site. Panic Button was tested on node v20.6.1.

Clone this project

git clone https://github.com/cablesalty/panicbutton
cd panicbutton

(Or download the .zip file)

Install node dependencies:

npm init -y
npm install

Start Panic Button

Run the command npm start. This will create a cmd window.