A new website has appeared, focused on sharing your macOS dock and inspiring others. Called Dockhunt, it’s basically a social network, but to show off the apps you keep in your Mac’s dock. The goal is to help you discover new apps and also “see who else has rooted the apps you’re using”.
A social network for macOS docks
Max Musing, one of the creators of Dockhunt, explained the motivation for creating the service in a post on Product Hunt:
One of my favorite places to find the most essential products is, well, other manufacturers. Clearly I am not alone. When I meet other builders, the first question they ask is often some version of, “What’s in your dock?”
The Basedash team and I thought it would be fun to ship a project that lets you answer this question.
I hope it becomes a fun way for people to connect through their favorite apps. Working on Basedash introduced me to tons of talented builders. This is one of the reasons why I love this community so much.
Dockhunt uses a simple web interface where you can browse submissions from other Mac users. You can also preview the top apps, revealing the most common apps that Dockhunt users keep in their Mac’s dock. Unsurprisingly, apps like Slack, Chrome, Visual Studio Code, and Notion top the list.
When exploring the Dockhunt website, you can also click on apps that appear in other docks. This will then display a list of all other Dockhunt users who also have that specific app in their dock.
To add your dock to the Dockhunt website, you have two different options. First, you can download the Dockhunt desktop application for your Mac. Once downloaded, simply run the app and you can add your dock to the Dockhunt website. You can also run the following command in the Terminal app (as long as Node.js is installed on your Mac): ‘npx dockhunt’
Dockhunt uses apps pinned to your dock and ignores apps that are in the “Recent apps” section of your dock. Everything is completely open source and you can find the source code on GitHub.
Once you add your dock to the Dockhunt website, you will get a unique URL that you can share on social media. I enjoyed exploring Dockhunt and seeing what other Mac users consider their essential apps. I’ve already discovered new apps to check out and remembered apps I used before but forgot about.
I’m also impressed with how people only keep a very small number of apps in their dock. Check out the website here and share a link to your dock in the comments!
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