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Workspaces

Saves where your windows are for each monitor setup, and puts them back when you dock, undock or wake.

Get it in StackbarView source
  • Signed by navbytes
  • Runs in its own sandbox
  • v1.1.0
Workspaces: Save your windows as a layout and get them back

About

Remembers where your windows go for each monitor setup and puts them back. Arrange things the way you like at the desk, type “Desk” and press Return; do the same on the laptop alone. When you plug in or unplug a display (or wake the Mac on a different set of displays), the starred layout for that setup comes back by itself, and apps that weren’t running are opened.

Gallery

Every place it shows up.

Workspaces's menu bar in dark modeWorkspaces's menu bar in light mode
Menu bar
Workspaces's panel in dark modeWorkspaces's panel in light mode
Panel

From anywhere

Run it without opening it.

Every command is in Stackbar's palette, and can have its own hotkey, a stackbar:// link, or a Shortcuts action.

Tools for your AI

Claude and other agents can call these over MCP while Stackbar runs:

  • layouts
  • save_layout
  • restore_layout

Inside

Everything it does.

Settings

bring back the starred layout when displays change, open apps that aren't running.

Not covered

windows in full screen and on other Spaces, browser tabs, snapping and tiling (macOS does that).

Install

Two clicks in Stackbar.

  1. Open it in Stackbar, or open Stackbar → Settings → Store and find Workspaces.
  2. Choose Install.
  3. It appears in your menu bar, panel.

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Or from a terminal
stackbarctl install --index https://navbytes.github.io/stackbar-plugins/index.json io.navbytes.stackbar.plugins.workspaces
Version
1.1.0
Updated
November 4, 2026
Category
Productivity
Shows in
Menu bar, Panel, Settings page
Requires
Stackbar 0.17.0 or later
Publisher
navbytes
Bundle
sha256 e577e169387a…

Version history

What's new

  1. 1.1.0Latest
    • Store screenshots now show it in use, with sample data, instead of its first-run screen.
  2. 1.0.0
    • First release: save your window layout for each monitor setup and get it back when you plug in or undock.

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