Modes with their own apps
Coding, Communication, Planning, whatever you need. Switching hides the apps that don't belong, and they come back when you return.
Your dock, one mode at a time.
FocusDock replaces the macOS Dock with one that shows only the apps for what you're doing right now. Switch to Coding and the rest steps aside. Messages wait until they're worth it.
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What it does
Less on screen. More in your head.
Every part of FocusDock is about one thing: keeping what you're doing in front, and everything else politely out of the way.
Switches with you
Open an app from another mode and the dock follows. Each mode remembers its desk: windows, tabs and the app you were using.
Turns on macOS Focus
A mode can switch a macOS Focus on and off, so notifications quiet down the moment you start working.
Only the messages that matter
Slack and Linear messages go through a small AI model that asks one question: is this worth interrupting you for, in this mode? The rest waits quietly until you have a moment.
Never miss a meeting
A heads-up in the dock before it starts, then a full-screen moment you can't ignore, with a GIF and a join button.
Busy mode
Can't focus today? Shift-click a second mode and juggle both for a while. Nothing hides, and one click on the timer takes you back.
Knows when Claude needs you
Claude Code sessions show up in the dock. One that asks for you takes the spotlight, a finished one just gets a dot.
Folders, drag and drop
Drop an app on another to make a folder. Drag apps between modes. Apps you rarely use tuck away in a small +N stack.
Downloads and Trash
At the end of the dock, in one narrow column. Open your newest files or drag them straight into Slack or Mail.
Music without switching
What's playing in Spotify sits right in the dock. Pause, skip or see the cover without leaving your work.
Easy on your battery
Animations settle down when nothing is happening, and the dock does almost nothing while it's hidden or your screen is locked.
Install
Up and running in a minute.
FocusDock isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS asks you once to confirm. After that it updates itself.
Download and drag
Open the FocusDock-0.5.3.dmg and drag FocusDock to Applications.
Open Anyway
macOS blocks the first launch. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway.
Pick your modes
A short setup asks for Accessibility and Calendar access and suggests modes from the apps you already use.
Give your dock some focus.
Set up your modes in a minute. Everything stays in a plain config file on your Mac.
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