MacLayout
Save and restore window layouts on macOS
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HN · launched Mar 25, 2026 · 5 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop window managers · 103 launches, 13 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 103 launches in desktop window managers →
Could you build this?
Yes A macOS menu bar utility that saves and restores window frames using standard macOS Accessibility APIs (AXUIElement) can be easily scaffolded with vibe-coding.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 923 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #850 of 924 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 145 days after the earliest competitor.
- docklayout · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.67
- WindowReturn · ph · 2026-09-17 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- Bento · hn · 2026-03-18 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Layr · ph · 2026-10-27 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- macOS window switcher replacement that keeps each Space separate · hn · 2026-10-25 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Smooth window arrangement in macOS restored · hn · 2025-11-16 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- tatami · github · 2026-11-11 · 82 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Dinky · github · 2026-09-26 · 24 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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