The taskbar your Mac forgot.
A free, native, Windows-style taskbar for macOS. Replaces the Dock as your primary window-management surface.
Download for macOSEvery open window, one click away.
Each running app gets a button in the bar. Hover to peek, click to focus, right-click to pin. When the bar fills up, identical apps collapse into a single grouped button with a tiny count badge — click it for a popover listing every window of that app, with per-row close buttons.
Pin what you actually use.
Drag any running app into the pinned zone and it stays there across launches. Reorder by dragging inside the strip. The bar splits into two zones the same way the Vista taskbar did — pinned on the left, running windows on the right, with a quiet divider between them.
Right-click any running window to pin its app — its tile slides into the pinned strip. Or drag a folder straight from Finder onto the bar to pin it as a one-click shortcut.
Drop files where they need to go.
Drag a file from Finder onto a pinned app and it opens with that app. Drag onto a running window's tile and the file goes straight to that window — hover for a moment and the window rises so you can drop onto its real UI.
One bar per display. No window ever hides.
Plug in a second monitor and a bar appears on it — filtered to that screen's windows. Taskbar uses the Accessibility API to nudge windowed apps so nothing ever slips behind the bar, with a per-app blacklist for the rare app that doesn't like being moved.
Tune every detail.
Set the bar height between 24 and 64 points. Pick an accent color. Choose a translucent background with adjustable blur intensity, or an opaque one. Active buttons can render as a pill, an underline, or a solid fill. Auto-hide is one toggle away. Everything lives in a single Settings window with four tabs.
Everything the Dock is missing.
Built for people who keep dozens of windows open and want them all one click away.
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Every window, one click
A button for every open window — click to focus, right-click to pin.
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Pinned apps strip
Vista-style two-zone layout. Drag to reorder. Persists across launches.
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Multi-display aware
One bar per screen. Windows filter by which display they live on.
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Smart grouping
Auto-collapses to one button per app when crowded. Click for a popover of that app's windows.
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Window clamping
Auto-resizes windowed apps so nothing hides under the bar. Per-app blacklist.
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Auto-hide
Slides off-screen when you don't need it. Reveals on edge hover.
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Pick your edge
Position the bar at the bottom or top. Height 24–64pt.
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Theme & accent
System / Light / Dark. Custom accent color. Translucent or opaque background.
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Searchable launcher
Start button opens an app list. Type to filter
/Applications,/System/Applications,~/Applications.
Install in 90 seconds.
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1
Download the DMG
Open it and drag
Taskbar.appinto/Applications. -
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Open Taskbar
It's Developer ID-signed and notarized by Apple — no Gatekeeper warning.
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Grant Accessibility
Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility and toggle Taskbar on. The bar appears within a second.
Frequently asked.
Does Taskbar replace the macOS Dock?
Optionally, yes. On first launch it offers to auto-hide and shrink the Dock. You can also leave the Dock alone. A "Quit and Restore Dock" menu item reverts the changes whenever you want.
Why does it need Accessibility permission?
To see which windows are open, on which display, and to keep them from hiding behind the bar. Without Accessibility, macOS gives third-party apps no way to do this.
Does it work in Full Screen mode?
Native Full Screen Spaces are owned by macOS — no third-party app can render into them. Taskbar hides on Full Screen Spaces and reappears on exit.
Does it work on multiple monitors?
Yes. One bar per connected display. Windows are filtered by which display their center is on. Hot-plug works.
How do I uninstall it?
Drag Taskbar.app to the Trash. If you accepted the Dock prompt, choose "Quit and Restore Dock" from the menu-bar ▤ first.
How do updates work?
Re-download the DMG to upgrade. No auto-update in this version.