A powerful, customizable multi-row Dock replacement for macOS.

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• Multi-row / Multi-column layout — Display icons in a grid, not just a single line
• Three positions — Bottom, Left, or Right edge of your screen
• Configurable icon size — 32px to 128px
• Auto-hide — Hide when not in use, show on mouse proximity
• Scrollable overflow — Smooth scrolling when content exceeds available space
• Recent Apps — Toggleable section showing currently running unpinned apps

• Multiple named sections — Organize apps into logical groups
• Add, rename, reorder, delete — Full section management
• Visual separators — Clear boundaries between sections
• Drag & drop — Reorder sections and items intuitively

• 20 hover styles — Bounce, Shake, Pulse, Flip 3D, Glitch, Tada, Heartbeat, and more
• 8 launch animations — Scale, Fade, Slide, Pop, and more
• 7 quit animations — Shrink, Fade, Dissolve, and more
• Respects Reduce Motion — Honors macOS accessibility settings

• Multiple workspaces — Each with its own dock layout and pinned apps
• Space binding — Bind workspaces to macOS Spaces for automatic switching
• Custom hotkeys — Assign keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Cmd+Opt+1) for instant switching
• Quick switch — Switch via Menu Bar extra

• 3 built-in themes — Dark, Light, and Minimal
• Full theme editor — Customize colors, corner radius, blur, shadows, icon padding
• Import / Export — Share themes as .dmtheme files
• Custom icon packs — Per-app icon overrides bundled with themes
• Live preview — See changes in real-time with a mini dock preview

• Spotlight-like search — Search apps, files, documents, bookmarks, and recent items
• Keyboard navigation — Arrow keys to navigate, Enter to open
• Recent items view — Quick access when search field is empty
• Global shortcut — Open with Option+Space

• CPU & Memory — Mini ring charts with usage percentages
• Network speed — Real-time download/upload speed
• Expandable — Tap to see detailed metrics

• Hide macOS Dock — Seamlessly replace the native Dock
• Auto-restore — Original Dock settings restored on app quit

• Menu Bar extra — Configurable icon (Dock, Grid, Circle, Star)
• Workspace switcher — Quick access to all workspaces
• Settings access — One-click to open preferences

• 4 languages — English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
• In-app language switch — Change language without restarting

• macOS 13.0 (Ventura) or later
• Apple Silicon (arm64)

Download the latest .zip from Releases, unzip, and drag DockMaster Pro.app to your Applications folder.

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/qianmoQ/DockMaster.git
cd DockMaster

# Release build
./build.sh

# Debug build
./build.sh --debug

# Build with code signing
./build.sh --sign "Developer ID Application: Your Name (TEAMID)"

The built app will be in build/DockMaster Pro.app.

DockMaster Pro requires the following permissions:

• Accessibility — Required to control the Dock process and manage other applications
• Apple Events — Required to launch and interact with other applications

Grant these in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility.

DockMasterPro/
├── App/                    # Entry point & app delegate
├── Core/                   # Business logic engines
│   ├── DockEngine/         # Dock layout management
│   ├── ThemeEngine/        # Theme loading, editing, import/export
│   ├── WorkspaceManager/   # Workspace CRUD & switching
│   ├── SearchEngine/       # Global search controller
│   └── SystemMonitor/      # CPU, Memory, Network monitors
├── Features/               # UI feature modules
│   ├── DockOverlay/        # Main dock overlay UI
│   ├── QuickSearch/        # Spotlight-like search panel
│   ├── StatusWidget/       # System monitor widget
│   └── ContextMenu/        # Right-click context menus
├── Settings/               # Preferences UI & view models
├── Models/                 # Data models & preferences
├── Services/               # System integrations
├── Support/                # Localization, errors, logging
└── Extensions/             # SwiftUI & AppKit extensions

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.