Taggy

Tags as workspaces.

Taggy is a native Mac menu bar utility that treats tags like workspaces. You assign regular foreground apps to tags (up to thirty-six, keyed as 0–9 then a–z). When you switch tags, only that tag's assigned apps stay visible; everything else is hidden until you switch again. Pin favourite apps and they stay on screen no matter which tag you use.

Optional tiling lays out the windows on your current tag (split, zoomed, or stacked layouts) using macOS Accessibility APIs. It targets dock apps you actually use; Taggy is not trying to replace a full window manager for every edge case.

Assignments and settings are stored locally on your Mac (Application Support). Hotkeys use system registration so they behave like ordinary shortcuts, not a low-level event tap.

Switching and assigning

• Switch tag: bring assigned apps forward and hide apps that belong elsewhere.
• Toggle the frontmost app on or off the current tag.
• Clear tags for the frontmost app when you want a fresh start.
• Optional auto-assign newly launched apps to whichever tag you are on (when they do not already belong somewhere).

Pinned apps

Pinned (sticky) apps stay visible across every tag. Their windows are left alone by tiling so they never fight your layout.

Layouts on the current tag

Per tag you can choose split, zoomed, primary-with-stack, or stack-with-primary modes. Small palette-style windows are skipped automatically. You can ignore specific apps for layout only while keeping them tagged as usual, and add a light inset around tiled windows if you like breathing room.

Menu bar

The menu shows the current tag, quick access to active tags, pinning, layout mode, and resets. Optional counts beside tags help when you run many apps at once. Everything dims when you disable Taggy's hotkeys globally, except the shortcut that turns them back on.

Shortcuts

Defaults use ⌘⌥⌃ plus a per-tag key (0–9, then A–Z) to switch; ⌘⌥⌃⇧ with the same key toggles the frontmost app on that tag. Sticky, layout modes, a master hotkey toggle, and reset can all be bound from Settings → Shortcuts, with collision checks and a reset-to-defaults option. While screen sharing or remote-desktop clients are frontmost, normal shortcuts can drop out automatically (with a configurable passthrough list) so you do not hijack the session.

Settings

General options cover counts, tiling inset, auto-assign, and screen-sharing behaviour. Ignored applications skip tiling only. Everything is configurable without a Yakshaven account.

Privacy

No Yakshaven analytics inside Taggy. Accessibility permission is required for tiling and for showing and hiding app windows; macOS prompts you when needed. See the Privacy Policy.

Requirements

macOS 13 (Ventura) or later. Regular Dock apps only.

Availability

Not distributed yet. Landing page and download link will go here after signing, notarisation, and any store listing.