Coinflip

A minimalist, lightweight desktop app for making 50/50 decisions instantly.
Built with Electron.

Free & open source · local-first · no telemetry

Features

• Global Shortcut — press Alt+C anywhere on your system to instantly open the app and flip a coin.
• True 50/50 — a 50% chance of a green YES and a 50% chance of a red NO.
• Confetti — land on YES and you're rewarded with a fun confetti animation.
• Minimalist & quiet — a clean, distraction-free UI that sits silently in your system tray.

Download

Grab the latest build from the Releases page:

OS	Download
Windows	Coinflip.exe — portable, no installer needed

Builds are currently unsigned — on first launch Windows SmartScreen may warn you. Click More info → Run anyway to continue.

Usage

Once running, Coinflip sits silently in your system tray.

• Press Alt+C to bring up the window and flip the coin.
• Press Alt+C again to hide it.
• Right-click the Coinflip tray icon to interact with the app or quit.

Tip: Want a different shortcut? Open main.js and change 'Alt+C' to your preferred key combination in the globalShortcut.register(...) call.

Build from source

You need Node.js (which comes with npm).

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Ramonvdo/coinflip.git
cd coinflip

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run in development
npm start

# Build a standalone Windows portable .exe (output in dist/)
npm run build

Releases

Pushing a version tag builds the Windows portable executable via GitHub Actions and attaches it to a draft GitHub Release:

git tag v1.0.0 && git push origin v1.0.0

Security & License

See SECURITY.md to report vulnerabilities and read about the app's security posture. Licensed under the MIT License © 2026 Ramonvdo.