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Notes
Friday, November 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Ship the Dock.
- Magnification, smooth curve
- Live thumbnails when minimized
- Taskbar always comes back
- 0% CPU when idle
- Publish v0.1
Your Dock
now on Windows.
Muelle replaces the Windows taskbar with a glass dock: icons grow under your cursor and windows fold into the dock with the Genie effect. Free, open source and light.
- dock memory at idle
- 3.1MB
- cpu when idle
- 0%
- installer
- 2.4MB
- admin rights needed
- 0
The Dock
Everything in its place.
Your apps, your files and your open windows, in one glass shelf at the bottom of the screen. Every part of it works like you expect from a Mac.
StartThe Windows Start menu, always first
Pinned appsDrag to reorder. A dot marks the open ones
Recent appsThe last three you used
DownloadsDrop files straight in
MinimizedOptional live thumbnails of minimized windows
Recycle BinDrop files to delete them
AI usage
AI plan usage, at a glance.
Muelle shows available limits for Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode Go, and Gemini CLI or Antigravity. Gemini Pro and Flash quotas appear separately when available.
46%
28%AI usageUpdated 2 min ago
Claude Code5 h · 46%
Codex5 h · 28%
- Only while you use themThe island recognizes six clients: Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, OpenCode Go, and Gemini CLI or Antigravity.
- Your existing sessionMuelle reuses the sign-in those tools already keep on your PC. Gemini Pro and Flash are shown as separate model families when the provider supplies those quotas.
- Straight to the providerIt checks available limits every five minutes or when you press Refresh. Antigravity is queried through its authenticated local service; a separate process keeps the dock responsive.
- One switch to turn it offSettings → Menu bar → Show AI provider usage. Muelle stores no credentials.
Settings
Make it yours.
A real settings window, in English or Spanish. Every change reaches the dock the moment you make it. Try it here.
Dock
SizeSmallLarge
MagnificationIcons grow as the pointer passes over them.
Magnified sizeSmallLarge
Automatically hide and show the DockIt reappears when you touch the bottom edge of the screen.
Genie effectWhile it is on, windows do not use the Windows animations for maximizing or closing.
Show minimized windowsAs thumbnails on the right side of the Dock, instead of inside their app's icon.
Show the menu barTime, battery, and access to the Windows quick settings and notifications.
Automatically hide and show the menu barIt reappears when you touch the top edge of the screen.
Show AI provider usageWhile a supported AI client is open, an island in the menu bar shows its available plan limits.
Open Muelle at login
Language
UpdatesMuelle 0.1.5 is up to date.
Reversible
Your taskbar is never gone. Just tucked away.
Muelle hides the Windows taskbar while it runs and gives it back the moment it stops. Flip the switch and see.
Muelle
The Windows taskbar is showing.
- Quit any time
Right-click the dock and choose Quit Muelle. The taskbar is back at once.
- Even if it stops
A tiny guardian process watches the dock and restores the taskbar if it ever stops.
- Uninstall cleanly
Windows Settings → Apps → Muelle. Windows is left exactly as it was.
- Open the installerPer user. No admin rights, no wizard.
- If SmartScreen asksMuelle is new, so Windows may not know it yet: More info → Run anyway.
- That's itThe dock appears and starts with Windows from now on.
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Build it from source
Needs Windows 10 (1903+) or 11, Rust (MSVC) and the Visual Studio C++ build tools.
> git clone https://github.com/crafter-station/Muelle
> cd Muelle
> cargo run --release -p muelle