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CLUSTER BAR-MENU-DOCK · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-16

macOS window and app lifecycle utilities

This cluster comprises macOS menu bar and Dock utilities that automate window management, app quitting, and process cleanup. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from, since no dated entries exist before the index start. On traction, smart_quit leads on activity, followed by Vacate and DockToggle.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

DEC 2014: 1AUG 2026: 3SEP 2026: 6OCT 2026: 3
DEC 2014OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 2 hand-coded · 10 unlabelled

Operator · 10 hobby · 1 indie · 1 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01DotQuit2★11 days—indieMenu bar utility that automatically quits macOS apps when their last window closes and keeps memory clean with a smart whitelist.
  2. 02one-shutdown2★3 days—hobbyMenu bar utility that force-quits open apps and shuts down a Mac in one click, bypassing save and terminate confirmation dialogs.
  3. 03smart_quit2★1 molivehobbymacOS menu bar utility that automatically quits applications left without windows after a grace period.
  4. 04StayTab2★27 days—hobbymacOS utility that keeps selected apps always visible in the Command-Tab app switcher even after they are closed.
  5. 05SlowQ1★23 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar utility that intercepts Command+Q and requires holding the key for several seconds to quit apps, preventing accidental exits.
  6. 06uq1★13 days—hobbymacOS utility that automatically removes quarantine attributes from downloaded apps and watches for new ones in the background.
  7. 07quit-all-native-macos0★15 dayslivehobbyNative macOS utility that quits all normal apps in one click, closes Finder windows, and preserves AlDente on Apple silicon Macs.
  8. 08DockToggle1★29 days—hobbyUtility that makes macOS Dock behave like Windows, closing an app when its last window closes and hiding the frontmost app when its icon is clicked.
  9. 09Vacate4★1 mo—macOS utility that quits an app automatically when its last window is closed.
  10. 10LastCall0★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that quits an app when its last window closes, so apps do not remain running in the Dock.
  11. 11dock-telechargements0★1 mo—ai-builthobbymacOS Dock utility that replaces the Downloads stack with a button that toggles a Finder window open or closed.
  12. 12ClickThrough0★27 days—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that makes the first click on an inactive window activate the window and deliver the click so no click is wasted.
  13. 13cla0★11 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceUtility that closes the active window, or logs out when the desktop is active, for panel launchers.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.