Your development projects, one click away.
A lightweight native macOS app for launching editors, terminals, repositories and local dev servers from one place.
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- Keep your local projects in a fast menu-bar launcher
- Open projects in Visual Studio Code, Xcode, Cursor, Zed, Finder, or Terminal
- Start and stop a saved development command for each project
- Open the local dev server for a configured localhost port
- Jump to a project's GitHub repository when one is set
- Manage names, folders, editors, commands, ports, and repository links in one native window
- Automatically pre-fill useful details when adding a folder
- Keep recently opened projects near the top
- Store everything locally, with no account or cloud sync required
- Open the latest release.
- Download
ProjectDock-v0.1.0.dmg(or the newest.dmg). - Open the disk image.
- Drag ProjectDock onto the Applications shortcut.
- Eject the ProjectDock disk image and launch ProjectDock from Applications.
The downloadable build is ad-hoc signed but is not Apple-notarized yet. If macOS blocks the first launch, right-click ProjectDock in Applications and choose Open.
Add a project folder once, then launch it from the menu bar whenever you need it. ProjectDock can keep a preferred editor, terminal command, repository link, and localhost port for each project.
When you add a folder, ProjectDock can pre-fill useful details such as:
- Project name from
package.json - Xcode project or workspace
- Git
originrepository URL - Common development commands such as
npm run devornpm start
- macOS 13 Ventura or newer
- Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
- Search / command palette
- Auto-discover projects in chosen folders
- Custom actions per project
- Workspace groups
- Git branch + dirty state
- Built-in terminal output panel
- Better package-manager detection (
pnpm,yarn,bun) - Launch at login
- Import/export configuration
-
.projectdock.ymlsupport - Docker service controls
- Keyboard shortcuts
ProjectDock has no account, analytics, cloud backend, or telemetry. Your project metadata stays on your Mac.
ProjectDock is available under the MIT License.