DeskPile

DeskPile is a macOS menu-bar utility built around the idea of window groups. Instead of arranging windows by hand each time you switch tasks, you capture a set of windows as a named group and bring that whole arrangement back to the front with one keystroke.

The core mechanism is layout-based tiling. Each group is assigned a layout, so its windows appear in a consistent arrangement rather than wherever they were last dragged. Groups are also framed in their own colour, giving an immediate visual cue about which workspace is active. Recall happens from the menu bar or a shortcut, keeping the workflow keyboard-driven.

It is aimed at Mac users who regularly move between several recurring setups, such as development, writing, research and messaging, and who find manual window management or plain snapping insufficient for multi-app contexts.

To get value quickly, start by defining two or three groups for your most common tasks, assign distinct colours, and learn the recall shortcut. Note that it is macOS-only and centred on window grouping rather than general window snapping, so check that the layout options fit your screen setup.

In short, DeskPile is a focused tool for people who treat their window arrangement as part of the task and want it restored reliably rather than rebuilt each time.