Ganella replaces the macOS Dock with a native one where the apps you choose become live widgets: Spotify and Music controls, your calendar, open browser tabs, Xcode builds, terminals and AI agents like Claude, Codex and ChatGPT. Plus clipboard history, app folders, a position per display and four styles including Liquid Glass. 7-day free trial, no signup. $9.99 once.
I spend most of my day on a Mac, and at some point I noticed how often I was switching apps just to check something small. What song is this? When's my next call? Did the build finish? Is Claude waiting on me again? The Dock was right there the whole time, only showing icons.
So I built Ganella. It's a Dock for macOS where you can turn some apps into small live widgets. Spotify shows what's playing and lets you skip. Calendar shows your next meeting. Safari and Chrome let you search your open tabs. Xcode builds with one click. Claude, Codex and ChatGPT let you know when they need you. The apps you don't change stay as normal icons, so it still feels like the Dock you know.
There's also clipboard history, app folders, a separate position for each display, and a few styles, including Liquid Glass if you're on macOS 26.
It's written in Swift, and I spent a lot of time making sure it stays light. It sits on your screen all day, so it shouldn't eat your battery.
You can try it free for 7 days, no account needed. After that it's a one-time purchase for 2 Macs. If you buy this week, the code HUNT20 gives you 20% off.
I made this on my own, so any feedback really helps. And if there's an app you'd love to see as a widget, tell me. That's probably what I'll build next 🙂
The Xcode builds widget is the one that got me — I'm in Xcode most of the day and checking a build means breaking out of whatever I'm doing. Seeing build status right in the Dock, next to my calendar and music, is exactly the kind of glanceable info I actually use. Nice work keeping it native Swift and light, too — a Dock replacement lives or dies on that. Congrats on the launch!
spotify controls and xcode builds right in the dock, so clean. congrats Antoniel!
Spotify controls in the Dock make sense. Sometimes I just want to skip a song without bringing up the whole app. Nice work, Antoniel!!
Leaving unselected apps as ordinary icons is a thoughtful detail. I'd rather have two or three useful widgets in the Dock than have every app compete for attention.
what happens when an app updates and its widget stops getting data, does it just fall back to a normal icon
About Ganella on Product Hunt
“Your Mac Dock, with live widgets for the apps you use”
Ganella launched on Product Hunt on November 13th, 2026 and earned 106 upvotes and 14 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. Ganella replaces the macOS Dock with a native one where the apps you choose become live widgets: Spotify and Music controls, your calendar, open browser tabs, Xcode builds, terminals and AI agents like Claude, Codex and ChatGPT. Plus clipboard history, app folders, a position per display and four styles including Liquid Glass. 7-day free trial, no signup. $9.99 once.
Ganella was featured in Mac (103.9k followers), Productivity (665.5k followers) and Developer Tools (523.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 283.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Ganella?
Ganella was hunted by Antoniel Mariano. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Antoniel Mariano
Hi everyone, I'm Antoniel.
I spend most of my day on a Mac, and at some point I noticed how often I was switching apps just to check something small. What song is this? When's my next call? Did the build finish? Is Claude waiting on me again? The Dock was right there the whole time, only showing icons.
So I built Ganella. It's a Dock for macOS where you can turn some apps into small live widgets. Spotify shows what's playing and lets you skip. Calendar shows your next meeting. Safari and Chrome let you search your open tabs. Xcode builds with one click. Claude, Codex and ChatGPT let you know when they need you. The apps you don't change stay as normal icons, so it still feels like the Dock you know.
There's also clipboard history, app folders, a separate position for each display, and a few styles, including Liquid Glass if you're on macOS 26.
It's written in Swift, and I spent a lot of time making sure it stays light. It sits on your screen all day, so it shouldn't eat your battery.
You can try it free for 7 days, no account needed. After that it's a one-time purchase for 2 Macs. If you buy this week, the code HUNT20 gives you 20% off.
I made this on my own, so any feedback really helps. And if there's an app you'd love to see as a widget, tell me. That's probably what I'll build next 🙂