Meetings get a plane.
Paste your calendar’s iCal link from Google Calendar or Outlook, and every meeting gets a flyby a few minutes before it starts. SkyBanner checks it every 10 minutes.
For Windows 10 and 11
Reminders that fly across your screen.
Type a message and pick a time. When it’s due, a little plane tows it across the top of your screen on a cloth banner, then flies off the other side. It floats above every window, never steals focus, and your clicks go straight through it.
Departures
Every reminder leaves on time.
SkyBanner runs your day like a timetable. Each reminder has a time and someone to bring it, and arrives the moment it’s due, on top of whatever you’re doing.
- Type a message. Pick “in 15 minutes” or a date and time, or repeat it: every day, on weekdays, every week or every few minutes.
- Choose who brings it. A plane, a jet, a husky, a taxi… or tick a few for your lineup and SkyBanner mixes them up.
- Get on with your day. When it’s due, it crosses your screen and flies off the other side. Missed it? Replay it from the tray.
Departures
| Time | Reminder | Brought by | Status |
|---|
Statuses follow your own clock. Boarding: due within 15 minutes. Quiet hours: with quiet hours on, nothing flies; this one comes as a quiet notification instead.
On board
The little things, done properly.
Once, daily, or every 90 minutes.
Repeat a reminder every day, on weekdays, every week or every few minutes, on the days and between the hours you choose. Give it other ways to say it, and each flight takes the next.
Breaks, ready to go.
Ready-made reminders for water, movement, gentle stretching, mindful breathing, eye breaks, meals and a bedtime wind-down. Add one in a click, or a whole routine like Healthy desk day, then change anything. Friendly suggestions, not medical advice.
Quiet when you need it.
Set quiet hours, or pause flybys from the tray for an hour or until tomorrow. Break reminders wait while you’re away from the PC and start a fresh countdown when you’re back. Reduce motion has characters appear in place instead of crossing the screen.
Lives in the tray.
No window to keep open. From the tray icon: a quick reminder, a test flyby, the last banner again, Snooze for the reminder that just came, or a pause for a while.
Safety briefing
Never in your way.
A reminder should catch your eye, not your mouse. Try these: each little screen runs the real thing.
Click straight through it.
The plane and banner float above your windows, but clicks pass through them to whatever is underneath.
Nothing saved yet. Click Save while the plane is over it.
Hidden from screen sharing.
Teams, Zoom, OBS and the Snipping Tool don’t see the plane, so a reminder stays between you and your screen. It’s on from the start; turn it off to record one.
What you see: the plane flies by as usual.
Quiet while you present.
During presentations and full-screen apps, a reminder comes as a quiet Windows notification instead of a plane.
Not presenting: the plane flies by as usual.
Meet the crew
27 characters. Some of them bark.
Pick one for each reminder, or tick a lineup and SkyBanner mixes them up. Each moves the way the real thing does, with its own sound.
The pets, the people and Bolt the robot are real 3D models, animated live by your graphics card: Mochi and Koda trot in, sit down and bark, Misty meows, and Leo, Mia and Bolt read your message out loud.
Drag to turn them around.
All 27, in the hangar
MochiShiba Inu. Sits down and barks 
KodaHusky. Sits down and barks 
MistyCat. Sits, looks at you and meows 
LeoReads your message out loud 
MiaReads your message out loud 
BoltRobot. Reads it out and waves 
Stunt planeBuzzy propeller 
BiplaneVintage putt-putt engine 
JetJet whoosh 
HelicopterWhup-whup rotor 
BlimpGentle hum, message on its side 
Paper planeSoft whoosh 
Steam trainChuff-chuff and a whistle, message on the coach 
TankRumbling engine, clanking tracks, confetti cannon 
Sports carRevving engine and gear changes 
Vintage carBurbling V8 
TaxiCity engine and a beep-beep hello 
Electric coupeElectric whine, then a toot of the horn 
Electric sedanElectric whine, then a toot of the horn 
Electric SUVElectric whine, then a toot of the horn 
Electric sports carElectric whine, then a toot of the horn 
Santa’s sleighJingling sleigh bells 
Diwali lanternCrackling sparklers and fireworks 
Caped heroHeroic whoosh with twinkles 
Lightning heroElectric crackle and zaps 
Rocket heroRoaring rocket boots 
Jungle swingerJungle birds and whooshing swings
Customs
Nothing to declare.
SkyBanner has no accounts, no ads and no analytics. Your reminders, settings and calendar links stay on your PC, and its developer never receives them.
- Online for two things only: GitHub, once a day, to look for a new version, and the calendars you add, to show your meetings.
- Signed updates. Each one is checked before it installs: its signature, exact size and SHA-256. If the new version doesn’t start, the old one is put back.
- Everything else stays on your PC. Spoken reminders use the voices already in Windows, and the 3D characters are drawn from files inside the app.
- Yours to see or delete. About → Open data folder shows everything SkyBanner keeps.
Customs declarationSB-01
Is SkyBanner carrying any of the following?
- Accounts or sign-insYesNo
- AdsYesNo
- Analytics or trackingYesNo
- Crash reportsYesNo
- Your reminders, to anyoneYesNo
SignedSkyBanner
Nothing to declareGate 1
Now boarding.
SkyBanner for Windows 10 and 11. No admin rights needed, and no .NET to install.
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SkyBanner-Setup.exe
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- Open SkyBanner-Setup.exefrom your Downloads folder.
- Read and acceptthe terms of use and privacy policy, then pick your options.
- Click FinishA plane flies by to say hello, and SkyBanner settles into your tray.
“Windows protected your PC”? SkyBanner is new and its installer isn’t code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may stop it the first time. Choose More info, then Run anyway.
Information desk
Questions, answered.
Which versions of Windows does it run on?
Windows 10 and Windows 11. It installs just for you, so it needs no admin rights, and it brings everything it needs with it: there’s no .NET to install.
Will it get in the way while I work?
No. Flybys float above your windows but never take the focus, so what you’re typing stays where it is, and clicks pass straight through the plane and banner to whatever is underneath.
Will people see it when I share my screen?
Not unless you want them to. “Hide flybys from screen sharing and recordings” is on from the start, so Teams, Zoom, OBS and the Snipping Tool don’t see the plane. Turn it off in Settings to record one.
What happens while I’m presenting?
During presentations and full-screen apps, a reminder comes as a quiet Windows notification instead of a plane.
Can it remind me about meetings?
Yes. Paste your calendar’s iCal link on the Calendars tab. In Google Calendar it’s under Settings → your calendar → Secret address in iCal format; in Outlook, Settings → Calendar → Shared calendars → Publish a calendar → ICS link. SkyBanner checks it every 10 minutes and sends a plane a few minutes before each meeting.
What if my PC is locked when a reminder is due?
A one-time reminder waits and flies when you’re back. Break reminders skip their turn while you’re away (screen locked, or no mouse or keyboard for 10 minutes) and start a fresh countdown when you return.
Can I make it quieter or calmer?
Yes. Turn the sounds down or off, set quiet hours, pause flybys from the tray, or switch on Reduce motion, so pets, people, robots and cars appear in place instead of crossing the screen. Reduce motion also comes on by itself when Windows’ animation effects are off.
How do updates work?
Once a day SkyBanner looks on GitHub for a new version and offers it in a small window above the tray. Choose Update now and it downloads it, checks that it’s genuine (signed, exact size and SHA-256) and restarts into it, keeping your reminders and settings. If the new version doesn’t start, the old one is put back.
Where are my reminders kept?
On your PC, in %AppData%\SkyBanner; About → Open data folder takes you there. Nothing is sent to the developer.
How do I uninstall it?
Windows Settings → Apps → Installed apps → SkyBanner → Uninstall. It removes SkyBanner and its downloaded updates, and asks whether to delete your reminders and settings too.
Something isn’t working. Who do I tell?
Open an issue on GitHub with what happened and your version of Windows.