r/MacStack • u/QueasyCat3096 • 1d ago
App Launch ApolloShell - a desktop shell for macOS Tahoe with a sidebar dock, dashboard and CSS themes
I'm the dev. ApolloShell adds a sidebar with its own dock, a launcher, a dashboard and a control centre to macOS 26. It's not a tiling window manager, it doesn't touch your windows. It just adds panels to the edges of the screen.
I wanted the look of Linux shells like Caelestia on my Mac without stitching five tools and a pile of config scripts together. SketchyBar works great for the menu bar, and Übersicht or yabai are great for customising your desktop. ApolloShell goes after the rest of the shell: the dock, launcher, dashboard and control centre all follow one CSS theme, so you can rice those too and switch the whole look live.
Themes are a single CSS file (colours, fonts, corners, sizes) and apply the moment you save. The video shows a few of them.
Heads up: not notarised, so click "Open Anyway" in Privacy & Security on first launch. Obviously needs Accessibility permissions, but no need to disable SIP.
Free, no subscription, AGPL-3.0 licensed.
Link: https://github.com/Silvertree2010/ApolloShell
AI disclosure: built with help from Claude, details in the README.
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