I built Ordesk because I was tired of the same daily routine — every morning I'd open my apps, drag windows across my monitors, resize everything, and try to recreate the exact setup I had yesterday. If I switched from coding to a design review, I'd spend another 5 minutes rearranging everything again. And with multiple displays, it was even worse — remembering which app goes on which screen, in what position, every single time.
I looked for a solution that could just snapshot my entire multi-display desktop — which apps are open, where they're positioned, and on which display — then restore it all with one click. Most window managers only handle basic tiling on a single screen. I wanted something that understood the full context of a workspace across every connected display.
So I built Ordesk. It lives in your menu bar and does three things really well:
Capture your current desktop setup — open apps and window positions across all your displays (supports up to 6 screens)
Save it as a named workspace (e.g., "Development", "Design Review", "Client Work") — each workspace remembers exactly which app belongs on which display
Restore everything instantly with one click or a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Option + O) — apps launch, move to the correct display, and tile into position automatically
Whether you're running a dual-monitor setup or a full 6-display workstation, Ordesk automatically detects your connected displays, assigns apps to the right screens, and uses smart tiling layouts (full screen, side-by-side, grid) to position windows exactly where they belong.
Ordesk is completely free during the beta. It's notarized by Apple and works on macOS 14+.
About Ordesk on Product Hunt
“Create, organize and save workspaces and reuse with ease.”
Ordesk was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #272 on the daily leaderboard. Ordesk is a lightweight macOS menu bar app that lets you capture, organize, and instantly restore your entire workspace across multiple displays.
On the analytics side, Ordesk competes within Productivity, Task Management, GitHub and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 787.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Ordesk performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Ordesk?
Ordesk was hunted by Fawaz Faiz. 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 Ordesk including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.