Desko

One small app for your whole desk.

Live wallpapers, screenshots and a launcher for your Mac. Window shortcuts and a clean desktop come with it.

Coming soonFree · macOS 15+
Live wallpaper
Screenshot
CopySave
12Ship it
Backdrop
Padding
Shadow
Corner radius
Gradient
Copied
Screenshots
safari
Safari/Applications⌘1
Search the web for “safari”www.google.com⌘2
Safari~/Library/Containers⌘3
safari-notes.md~/Documents⌘4
Safari Extensions~/Library/Safari⌘5
‹ Safari← back
Open⌘1
Show in Finder⌘2
Open Folder in Terminal⌘3
Copy Path⌘4
Safari↩ open · ⌘↩ show in Finder · → more
Launcher

What's inside

Live wallpaper

Seven animated shaders made for Desko, Apple's aerials and your own videos. Playback stops when nothing can see it, and on battery if you like.

Screenshots

Select an area and mark it up with arrows, text, pixelate, crop and a ruler, or pin a shot above your windows.

⇧⌘2 area

Launcher

Apps, files, a calculator and web search. Press → on a result to show it in Finder and more.

⌥D open

Window manager

Snap windows to halves and quarters from the keyboard, and jump straight to any desktop.

⌃⌥← left half⌃1 desktop 1

Text and QR codes

Select any part of the screen and copy its text, even from images. QR codes give you their link or content the same way.

⌃⌥⌘O copy text

Your shortcuts

Every shortcut can be changed or turned off, and each tool can be switched off on its own.

For you and your AI agents

Screenshots from the command line

Desko comes with a desko command and a skill for Claude Code, OpenCode or any agent folder. Agents can look at your screen, check the UI they just built and read text or QR codes, all through the app you already gave permission.

  • Capture a window, a display or an exact area, even on another desktop
  • Read text and QR codes from anything on screen
  • Off until you turn it on, only your own user account can use it
$ desko shot window --app Safari -o ./shots/safari.png
./shots/safari.png
$ desko shot text --rect 0,0,800,400
https://desko.cc
Live wallpapers, screenshots and a launcher
$ desko shot color --at 640,400
#E0603A

Everything in Desko

Live wallpaper

  • Seven shaders made for Desko: Aurora, Nebula, Dunes, Caustics, Bloom, Silk and Rain
  • Apple's aerials and your own videos
  • Plays on every display and every desktop
  • Pauses when nothing can see it, in Low Power Mode and on battery if you like
  • Hide the desktop icons with one shortcut

Screenshots

  • Area, window, full screen, the last area again or after a delay
  • Arrows, shapes, lines, pen, highlighter, text and numbered steps
  • Pixelate, spotlight and crop, plus a ruler and grid overlays
  • Backdrops with gradients, colors or your own image, padding, shadow and corners
  • Pin a shot above your windows, copy it, save it or drag it out
  • Copy the text or the QR code content of any area

Launcher

  • Apps, files by name, full text search, a calculator and web search
  • Quick Look preview of the selected file
  • Actions on any result: show in Finder, open with, copy the path, open in Terminal
  • Choose which results come first and which folders are never searched

Window manager

  • Halves, quarters, maximize, center and restore from the keyboard
  • Make a window smaller or larger, or move it to the next display
  • Jump straight to desktop 1 to 9

Command line and AI agents

  • A desko command for screenshots, text, QR codes and pixel colors
  • Skill install for Claude Code, OpenCode or a folder of your choice
  • Lists windows on every desktop and every display

Desko

  • Free, with updates inside the app
  • Every shortcut can be changed or turned off
  • Each tool can be switched off on its own
  • No account

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