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DeskStag
Name your Mac desktops, right inside Mission Control
macOS has labelled your desktops "Desktop 1, 2, 3" since 2011 and will not let you rename them. DeskStag puts your own names and colours directly on the Mission Control thumbnails, not just in the menu bar, on a stock Mac with SIP intact and notarised by Apple. One-time purchase, 14-day free trial, no subscription, no account. Apple Silicon, macOS 13+.
I run a desktop per context: client work, email, a trading screen, personal. I was tired of counting "1, 2, 3, 4" in Mission Control to find the right one. macOS has never let you name them, and people have been asking since 2011.
So DeskStag puts the name on the thumbnail, inside Mission Control, plus a colour, so you spot the right desktop at a glance. The part people assume is impossible: it does this on a stock Mac, with SIP on. The one earlier tool that drew names into Mission Control needed SIP disabled and Dock injection, and by its own README it doesn't work on Apple Silicon Macs at all.
How it works, briefly: macOS exposes each Mission Control thumbnail through the Accessibility API, and DeskStag floats its own label on top. It reads the thumbnails through that API but never modifies or injects into the Dock, and disables nothing. One permission, Accessibility, asked by macOS's own prompt on first run. Your desktop names never leave your Mac.
It's for Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 13 or later, notarised by Apple, £19.99 / $23.99 one-time with a 14-day trial, no subscription. Launch-week code PRODUCTHUNT5 takes 25% off (about £5) at checkout until 11 November.
I'd love your feedback, especially on multi-display setups and any edge cases you hit. I'm here all day.
About DeskStag on Product Hunt
“Name your Mac desktops, right inside Mission Control”
DeskStag was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #64 on the daily leaderboard. macOS has labelled your desktops "Desktop 1, 2, 3" since 2011 and will not let you rename them. DeskStag puts your own names and colours directly on the Mission Control thumbnails, not just in the menu bar, on a stock Mac with SIP intact and notarised by Apple. One-time purchase, 14-day free trial, no subscription, no account. Apple Silicon, macOS 13+.
On the analytics side, DeskStag competes within Mac, Design Tools and Productivity — topics that collectively have 1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how DeskStag performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted DeskStag?
DeskStag was hunted by Matt Oldfield . 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.
For a complete overview of DeskStag including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Matt Oldfield 
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I run a desktop per context: client work, email, a trading screen, personal. I was tired of counting "1, 2, 3, 4" in Mission Control to find the right one. macOS has never let you name them, and people have been asking since 2011.
So DeskStag puts the name on the thumbnail, inside Mission Control, plus a colour, so you spot the right desktop at a glance. The part people assume is impossible: it does this on a stock Mac, with SIP on. The one earlier tool that drew names into Mission Control needed SIP disabled and Dock injection, and by its own README it doesn't work on Apple Silicon Macs at all.
How it works, briefly: macOS exposes each Mission Control thumbnail through the Accessibility API, and DeskStag floats its own label on top. It reads the thumbnails through that API but never modifies or injects into the Dock, and disables nothing. One permission, Accessibility, asked by macOS's own prompt on first run. Your desktop names never leave your Mac.
It's for Apple Silicon Macs on macOS 13 or later, notarised by Apple, £19.99 / $23.99 one-time with a 14-day trial, no subscription. Launch-week code PRODUCTHUNT5 takes 25% off (about £5) at checkout until 11 November.
I'd love your feedback, especially on multi-display setups and any edge cases you hit. I'm here all day.