MacBar - macOS Taskbar + Window Manager

I hate the dock. I think the taskbar concept from windows is objectively better. I'm not alone, there is existing software that ports this functionality to mac for example here, but I wanted some specific features so I started vibe coding my own solution one day, and after a couple months of slow iteration this is what I use daily.

At this point it is still pretty bug but it works well for enough for me. I don't have any other users right, but maybe if I there's interest I will clean up some of the edge cases :)

Note, this is not just a taskbar. It will attempt to full screen new windows when you open them, sort of like a tiling window manager. Also, there are features for tiling windows side by side and switching between windows with a couple of key strokes.

demo.mp4

Keyboard Reference

When you hit cmd (press and release), the icons of all the windows will be replaced by a key hint. You can hit that key to switch to that window. For example you could hit cmd then 2 to go to the second window in the task bar.

All keyboard shortcuts start with this cmd, after witch you enter Bar mode sort of like vi.

• cmd, window key (0-9+) To switch windows
• cmd, /, then any number of window keys, then enter will enter split screen mode for those windows
• cmd, . remove a window from a split group
• cmd, delete, window key To close a specific window
• cmd, shfit+delete, To close all windows except the focused window
• cmd, delete, arrow left/right To close all windows to the left/right of the focused window

Known issues

• Sometimes the app will attempt to resize firefox and chrome extension windows, which is quite annoying
• Every once in a while the app will fail to open the taskbar for some space. A workaround is to go into mission control, move all the windows to a new space, then go to the new space and remove the old space.
• Multi-screen has a number of issues