Free · macOS 14 and later · Apple Silicon and Intel

The Dock you know.As many as you like,anywhere on any screen.

PejavaDock is a native alternative to the macOS Dock. Keep everything you are used to — magnification, stacks, the Trash, drag and drop — and add more docks, iOS-style groups, web links and a look of your own.

Download for Macv0.2.0 · Apple Silicon and Intel · macOS 14.0 or later

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Features

More than the Dock

Everything the system Dock does, plus the things it never could.

As many docks as you like

One for work apps, one for folders, one for the projects of the week. Each has its own items, size and look.

Any edge, any display

Top, bottom, left or right, anywhere along the edge. Each dock remembers its display and comes back when it is reconnected.

Groups, like in iOS

Drop an app onto another app. Up to four items share one icon and each quarter launches its app; more open a panel.

Web links

Drag a link or the address bar from a browser. The site icon is fetched automatically; open it as a standalone app window.

Your look

Liquid Glass on macOS 26 or frosted blur with your color, opacity and corner radius, per dock.

Separators and spacers

As many as you need, to split apps into groups. Drag a separator to resize the dock.

Keeps windows clear

Optionally fit maximized and new windows next to a dock instead of under it.

Synced to your account

Sign in and your docks and settings follow you to every Mac.

Everything you are used to

  • Magnification and labels
  • Running app indicators and the launch bounce
  • Running apps section
  • Minimized windows
  • Folder stacks
  • Trash with drag-to-delete
  • Window list, Options, Hide, Quit and Force Quit
  • Drag and drop: reorder, add, open with, poof
  • Auto-hide
  • Import from the system Dock

Install in a minute

Your docks are kept in your Library folder, so reinstalling or updating never loses them.

First steps

Right-click
an empty area of a dock → Dock Settings…
Drag in
apps, files, folders and links from Finder or a browser
Drop on an app
to make a group
Drag out
to remove an icon
Drag a separator
up or down to resize the dock
Drag the handle
in the corner to move the dock to another edge
  1. Open the downloaded .dmg and drag PejavaDock to Applications.
  2. Start it from the Applications folder, Launchpad or Spotlight (⌘ Space, type “PejavaDock”).
  3. The first time, macOS may say it cannot check the app for malicious software. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click Open Anyway next to PejavaDock, then confirm. This is needed once.
  4. PejavaDock builds your first dock from the system Dock. Turn on Hide the system Dock in Settings → General if you want only PejavaDock on screen.

Permissions (optional)

Accessibility
the window list in an app’s menu, raising a specific window, minimized windows in the dock and keeping windows from going under a dock.
Full Disk Access
the full or empty Trash icon.
Screen Recording
thumbnails of minimized windows; without it they show the app icon. Nothing is recorded or sent.

PejavaDock works without them. When one is missing, a setup window explains what it is for and opens the right place in System Settings.

Your docks on every Mac

Sign in with GitHub or Google and PejavaDock keeps your docks, their items and look, and your settings in your account. A new Mac gets them in a second.

About accounts

Free. Better with your support.

PejavaDock is free, with every feature. A donation from $1 makes your account a Supporter: no more reminders, on all your Macs, forever.

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