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DockLens · House #29,218

See every window of an app by hovering its Dock icon

In the Mac and Windows desktop utilities neighborhood (Desktop and utilities). In town since 2 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on DockLens's site

DockLens describes itself as: “DockLens See every window of an app by hovering its Dock icon”

What it is

Calls itself “window previews”.

  • Calls itself: window previews
“Open-source (GPLv3) Dock window previews for macOS 26+”

Where it puts itself

Rules out “network connections”.

  • Says it will not: network connections
“DockLens makes no network connections at all .”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever.

  • Free plan: free forever
“Free, open source (GPLv3), no network access, 0% CPU when idle.”
“Free and open source (GPLv3).”

How it runs

A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. No API. Open source.

  • Kind: desktop
  • Runs on: macOS
  • Runs where: on the device, offline
  • API: no
  • Open source: yes
“Move DockLens.app to /Applications .”
“…macOS 26+”

What it works with

Integrates with Music, Notion, Slack and 1 more. Names Xcode and XcodeGen on its pages.

  • Integrates with: Music · Notion · Slack · +1
  • Names: Xcode · XcodeGen
“DockLens shows live thumbnails of all an app's windows when you hover its Dock icon.”
“Windows you closed with the X button (Notion, Slack...) stay listed so one click brings them back, and Spotify / Music get a playback bar.”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

  • Trial asks for: nothing
“Download DockLens.zip from Releases and unzip it.”
“README.md -> https://github.com/firstfu/DockLens-app/blob/main/README.md”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 2 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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