Every window, in its place.

Desks tiles the windows on your Mac and puts them back where they go, from one key.

Download Desks Try it here⌃ spaceControl Space

Free for 14 days, then $31.99 inside Desks. Requires macOS 26 or later.

DesksPanel.swiftFootprints.swiftGlide.swiftDesk.swiftShortcuts.swiftSnap.swift

Panel.swiftGlide.swift

1import SwiftUI

3/// Up to four ways to tile what's on screen.

4struct Panel: View {

5 @State private var selection = 0

6 let suggestions: [Suggestion]

8 var body: some View {

9 VStack(spacing: 12) {

10 ForEach(suggestions.indices, id: \.self) { i in

11 Row(suggestions[i], selected: i == selection)

12 }

13 }

14 .glassEffect(in: .rect(cornerRadius: 24))

15 .animation(.snappy, value: selection)

16 }

17}

19extension Panel {

20 // ↩ applies; ⎋ right after puts them back.

21 func apply() async {

22 await Glide.move(suggestions[selection].tiles)

23 }

24}

DesksPanel.swiftFootprints.swiftGlide.swiftDesk.swiftShortcuts.swiftSnap.swift

Panel.swiftGlide.swift

1import SwiftUI

3/// Up to four ways to tile what's on screen.

4struct Panel: View {

5 @State private var selection = 0

6 let suggestions: [Suggestion]

8 var body: some View {

9 VStack(spacing: 12) {

10 ForEach(suggestions.indices, id: \.self) { i in

11 Row(suggestions[i], selected: i == selection)

12 }

13 }

14 .glassEffect(in: .rect(cornerRadius: 24))

15 .animation(.snappy, value: selection)

16 }

17}

19extension Panel {

20 // ↩ applies; ⎋ right after puts them back.

21 func apply() async {

22 await Glide.move(suggestions[selection].tiles)

23 }

24}

⌃ spaceControl SpaceOne key for the panel.

⌃ spaceControl Space opens tilings made for the windows you have open, and the one you point at is drawn right over them. ⌥Option and a window’s number keeps it where it is.

returnReturnReturn, and they glide.

returnReturn and the windows glide into place, one a beat after another. ⌃⌥ZControl Option Z puts every one back.

⌃⌥AControl Option AAgain for another arrangement.

No panel needed: ⌃⌥AControl Option A tiles every window on the display, and each press after that tries the next arrangement.

⌃⌥WControl Option WJump to any window.

⌃⌥WControl Option W puts a letter on every window behind the front one. Type one to go there, or add ⇧Shift to trade places with it.

⌃←Control Left ArrowSnap one window.

⌃Control and an arrow sends the front window to a half. Again for two thirds, then a third. ⌃ returnControl Return maximizes it.

⌃2Control 2A desk swaps in.

A desk is a named set of apps, each pinned to its tile. ⌃2Control 2 brings yours back, opening any that are missing, on every display setup you use.

Everything starts with Control.

⌃ spaceControl Space is the one to remember. The rest are Control, or Control and Option, and one more key, and in the panel ⌘KCommand K lists every command.

Some of these are macOS’s first: Mission Control, Spaces, the input source, the contextual menu. Turn on “Let Desks Have Its Keys” and macOS leaves them to Desks while it runs, and takes them back when it quits.

The keys to start with

Point at one, or press it on your keyboard.

Everything else.

None of it is needed to start. Most of it is a command in the panel: type its name, or press ⌘KCommand K for the list. Here’s the list.

Arranging

Tile Windows
Every window on the display, in tiles shaped for how many there are.
⌃⌥AControl Option A
The Overview
Every window at once, zoomed out. Type a letter to go to one, or drag it onto another to make a tab or trade places.
⌃⌥ spaceControl Option Space
Arrange with Keys
The plain keys are Desks’s until Escape, with a legend for each.
⌃⌥RControl Option R
Window Hints
A letter on every window. Type one to go there.
⌃⌥WControl Option W
Tab Groups
Any windows, of any apps, in one place under a strip of tabs. Drop one on another’s middle.
Drop on a Window
Drop a window on another’s edge to sit beside it, or on its top to swap the two.
Tiles Make Room
Drop a window at a screen’s side and the tiles there make room. Close one, minimize it or drag it out, and its neighbors take its space.
Resize Together
Drag the edge between windows and the others follow as you go, stopping where one can’t get smaller. ⌃⌥Z undoes it.
Title Bar Gestures
Swipe a title bar with two fingers to snap it to a half, up to zoom, down back to its tile, or across to another display. Pinch to zoom.
Quick Actions
Rest on the grip above a tiled window for Make Main, Zoom, Next Display and Float.
Choose on Screen
Press Space in the panel and every window gets a letter: pick the ones to tile, or ⌘T to make them one tab group.
Window Chips
In the panel, ⌥ and a window’s number keeps it where it is, and the suggestions follow. ⌥0 brings them all back.
⌥1–9Option 1 to 9
Pick Windows
Type the letters of the windows you want, and only those tile.
Keep Tiled
A new window takes the next tile, so the display stays tiled. When the tiles are full, it can join yours as a tab.
Tiling Style
A grid, a main window beside a stack, a spiral, or columns.

From anywhere

Find a Window
Type any window’s name in the panel to go to it.
The Assistant
Type “code on the left, docs on the right” and Apple Intelligence arranges it, where it’s available.
Shortcuts, Links and Terminal
Shortcuts actions, desks:// links and a command-line tool: desks desk Code

Desks

Save Windows as Desk
What you have open becomes a desk, named right in the panel with ⇧⌘S.
Next Desk
Your desks, one after another.
⌃⌥ tabControl Option Tab
Rules
A layout when a display connects, a desk when a Focus turns on.
Tiles Follow Displays
Unplug a display and its windows join the tiles where they land; plug in another monitor and it takes them. Plug the first back in, and everything goes back.
Export and Import
Your desks, layouts, display rules and settings in a .desks file, for another Mac.

Always

Undo
Whatever Desks moved last, again and again.
⌃⌥ZControl Option Z
Full Screen Too
Choose a tiling over a full-screen app, and it leaves full screen for its tile.
Screen Recording Only If You Ask
Accessibility is all it needs. Only the overview’s window pictures, if you turn them on, need more.
For Everyone
Reduce Motion, Reduce Transparency, the keyboard and VoiceOver, throughout.
A Tour That Moves Nothing
Learn it on a practice desktop of pretend windows.

$31.99 until November 30, the launch price, then $39.99. You pay once; it isn’t a subscription. The checkout shows the price in your currency, with tax.

Download Desks and all of it is yours for 14 days, with no card and no account. When the trial ends, Desks pauses: it stops arranging windows and says why, with Buy Desks and Restore Purchases. Your settings, desks and layouts are kept, and you can still change them, so buying picks up where you left off.

How much is it?

$31.99 until November 30, the launch price, then $39.99. You pay once; it isn’t a subscription. The checkout shows the price in your currency, with tax.

How does the free trial work?

How do I buy it?

Inside Desks: choose Buy Desks, in its settings under General or when the trial ends. Paddle’s checkout opens in your browser, and Desks unlocks within seconds of paying.

Does one purchase cover all my Macs?

Yes, all your own Macs signed in to the same iCloud account. The purchase belongs to that account, so each Mac unlocks by itself, with no key to type.

How do I set up Desks on a new Mac?

Download it there and open it while signed in to the same iCloud account: it unlocks by itself. If it doesn’t, choose Restore Purchases in its settings, under General.

What if I don’t use iCloud?

Then the purchase stays with the Mac you buy it on. For Desks on another Mac, write to support@caffeinatedcode.co and we can unlock it there.

Are updates included?

Every 1.x update is included: 1.1, 1.2 and on. A future major version may be a paid upgrade.

Who sells Desks?

Paddle, our reseller. Desks is made by Caffeinated Code, in Croatia, and Paddle is the merchant of record: it takes the payment, charges the right sales tax or VAT, and sends your receipt and invoice.

Can I get a refund?

Ask Paddle within 14 days of buying, through the link in Paddle’s receipt or at paddle.net. Paddle decides each request under its refund policy, and the rights the law gives you stay yours. More on Refunds.

Does it record my screen?

Not unless you ask. Desks needs only Accessibility, to move windows, and draws its thumbnails from your wallpaper and app icons. If you turn on Show Window Contents in the overview, macOS asks you for Screen Recording, and Desks then takes still pictures of your windows while the overview is open, to show them there. Nothing is kept or sent, and turning it off goes back to icons.

Can it lose or close my windows?

No. Desks never hides or closes a window. A desk opens the apps it’s missing and leaves the rest alone, and ⌃⌥ZControl Option Z puts back whatever Desks moved last.

Does it work with more than one display?

Yes. The panel suggests tilings for the display you’re on, a desk remembers its tiles for every display setup you use, and a display that’s unplugged and plugged in again gets its windows back in their tiles.

What about apps in full screen?

⌃ spaceControl Space opens over them too. Choose a tiling and the app leaves full screen and takes its tile with the others.

My Mac already uses ⌃Space.

For the input source, out of the box. Turn on “Let Desks Have Its Keys” and macOS leaves it to Desks while Desks runs, and takes it back when Desks quits; the input source still changes with Globe. Or double-tap ⌃Control, or choose another key in Desks’s settings, on the Keys page.

Can I script it?

Yes: Shortcuts actions, desks:// links, and a command-line tool. desks desk Code puts your Code desk back from Terminal.

Free for 14 days.

Download Desks

Then buy it inside Desks for $31.99, once.

Launch price until November 30, then $39.99. Local prices and tax at checkout.
Requires macOS 26 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.