Introduction#
What is DockFlow?#
DockFlow is a macOS app that saves your Dock as named presets. Each preset holds the apps, folders, files, web links, and spacers you want in the Dock. Switch presets and DockFlow rebuilds the macOS Dock for you.
DockFlow works with the native macOS Dock. It does not replace it or draw a dock of its own.
Who is it for?#
- Developers — Keep one Dock for coding and another for meetings, and open your IDE on the right project when you switch.
- Designers — Switch to a Dock with only your design tools and asset folders.
- People with more than one display — Lock the Dock to one screen so it stops moving between monitors.
- Anyone who wears several hats — Work, study, and personal setups, each one click away.
- Presets — Create a preset from your current Dock or build it by hand
- Many ways to switch — Menu bar, main window, hotkeys, Focus modes, Shortcuts,
dockflow://links, and a command line tool - More than apps — Folders, files, web links, spacers, App Folders, and Custom Spacers
- App actions — Open an IDE on a project or a browser with a chosen profile when a preset is applied
- Clean switches — Optionally close apps that are not in the next preset, with protection for unsaved work
- Lock Dock — Keep the Dock on the display you choose
- Last Context — Leave yourself a short note when you switch away from a preset
- Connected apps — Show and hide ExtraDock docks with your presets, switch presets from an ExtraBar widget, or let an AI assistant manage presets for you
- Local data — Presets are stored on your Mac