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Dev tools · August 30, 2026

Aero Dock

A Frutiger Aero glass dock for Windows 10 and 11

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What it does

Free and Open Source alternative to RocketDock and WinStep Nexus. Frutiger Aero glass dock and app launcher for Windows 10/11. Pinned apps, live window previews, cursor magnification, running-app indicators, and six themes. Built with Tauri and Rust. Lightweight, fully offline, no telemetry.

A Frutiger Aero glass dock for Windows 10 and 11. Live window previews, cursor magnification, keyboard search, six themes. Open source, no telemetry. - TheAgencyMGE/aero-dock

A modern free and open-source RocketDock and Nexus Dock alternative for Windows 10 and 11. Live window previews, Aero glass, cursor magnification, and full desktop customization. Built in the Frutiger Aero design language: pin your apps to a floating pane of glass, watch icons grow under the cursor, and let light drift across the whole thing. Aero Dock is an app launcher and window switcher for Windows, in the same vein as RocketDock and Winstep Nexus Dock. It sits on any screen edge and covers what the taskbar covers, in glass. The Windows side is Rust calling Win32 and COM directly. Shortcut resolution, icon extraction, window tracking and the live previews all go through real Windows…from github.com

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