WildByDesign

WildByDesign is an independent, open-source publisher whose entire catalog is presently represented by a single, highly specialized Windows utility: App Control Tray Tool. This compact C# application exposes Microsoft’s Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) policies to the end-user through an always-visible system-tray icon, letting administrators toggle enforcement levels, audit untrusted executables, or temporarily relax code-integrity checks without diving into Group Policy or PowerShell. Although the portfolio is narrow, the project sits at the intersection of system security and lightweight desktop convenience, a niche that corporate IT teams, malware researchers, and privacy-focused power users frequently revisit. Because WDAC is still one of the least understood native hardening layers in Windows, a tray-level frontend fills a genuine usability gap, offering on-the-fly visibility into what kernel-level ring 0 rules are active, which signed binaries are blocked, and where audit events are being written. Typical usage scenarios include pre-flight testing of new policies in audit-only mode, quick remediation of blocked line-of-business apps during a deployment window, and demonstrational walk-throughs for security auditors who prefer GUI cues over XML logs. While WildByDesign has not yet branched into broader system utilities, the publisher’s GitHub presence suggests a willingness to iterate on community feedback, so additional hardening or monitoring applets may follow. The App Control Tray Tool is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are funneled through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always pull the latest release, and can be queued alongside other applications for unattended batch installation.