Berth

A dock for every part of your day.

Profiles, widgets and your AI allowance, beside your apps. Native, and it never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility.

€10 once7-day free trial

Coming soon

macOS 13 Ventura or later
Apple silicon and Intel
No account

Berth at a glance.

Know when Codex or Claude is running low.

Join your next meeting from the dock.

Profiles switch the whole dock in one move.

The MacBook notch, put to work.

Private by design.

Zoom
Google Meet
Microsoft Teams
Webex
FaceTime
Other links

Your AI allowance, in view.

What Codex and Claude have left, in your dock.

Berth uses your own Codex CLI and Claude Code’s status line. Subscription allowance, not API billing.

Set an alert at 10, 20, 30 or 50 % left.

Your next meeting, with Join.

Calendar counts down from 15 minutes.

Zoom
Google Meet
Microsoft Teams
Webex
FaceTime
Other links

Opening link…

On a MacBook, the notch becomes a readout.

Two readouts sit beside the camera. CPU, memory, battery, AI allowance, Now Playing or your next meeting.

Click it and it unfolds into a small dashboard.

Off by default. Without a notch, a capsule at the top centre.

A profile for each kind of work.

Each profile keeps its own apps, widgets and look.

Minimal
Mail, the web and a clock.
From the menu bar
Apps: Finder, Safari, Mail, Downloads, Trash. Widgets: Clock: 14:20, Mon 5 Oct.
Developer
Code and your AI allowance.
With a shortcut
Apps: Finder, Ghostty, Xcode, Visual Studio Code, Claude, Downloads. Widgets: Calendar: In 5 min, Design review; Codex usage: 68%, Resets 16:40; Claude usage: 82%, Resets Fri.
Meetings
Calls, chat and the calendar.
When a display connectsWith a Focus
Or when a display disconnects.
Apps: Finder, Calendar, Slack, Messages, FaceTime, Downloads. Widgets: Calendar: In 5 min, Design review; Now Playing: Night Shelf, Harbour Lights.

Looks and moves like the Dock.

Glass shelf Liquid Glass on macOS 26, frosted below.
Tiles Apps, files, folders, links, Shortcuts and stacks.
Readout strip Neighbouring widgets share one card.
Controls Customize the dock, or lock it.

Your apps and your readouts, on one shelf.

Magnification and bounce.

Icons grow to the size you choose.

Make it yours.

Drag an item off to remove it.

Menus and stacks.

Right-click a tile for recent documents.

Twelve widgets, one grammar.

A glyph or a ring, one number and one grey line each.

- Clock: 14:20, Mon 5 Oct
Clock
- Calendar: In 5 min, Design review
Calendar
- Reminders: 3 due, Send the invoice
Reminders
- Battery: 84%, 3:12 left
Battery
- System: 12%, 9.1 GB
System
- Weather: 18°C, Prague 8
Weather
- Focus timer: 18:42, Click to cancel
Focus timer
- Now Playing: Night Shelf, Harbour Lights
Now Playing
- Network: 1.2 MB/s, ↑84 KB/s
Network
- Quick note: Call the bank, before Friday noon
Quick note
- Codex usage: 68%, Resets 16:40
Codex usage
- Claude usage: 82%, Resets Fri
Claude usage

Only what a feature needs.

Each permission waits for the feature that needs it. Never at launch, never Full Disk Access.

Berth

By All Means

Screen & System Audio RecordingNever askedNever asked
AccessibilityNever askedNever asked

When a feature needs it

CalendarsFor Calendar and Next Meeting
RemindersFor the Reminders widget
AutomationFor Now Playing, Empty Trash and New Window
NotificationsFor alerts you turn on

Offline license. Checked on your Mac, never on a server.
No account. No telemetry. No analytics or cloud sync either.
Reports you read first. Nothing is sent until you press Send.
Remove Berth, built in. It lists each step before it starts.
Apple’s Dock comes back when Berth quits. After a crash, at Berth’s next launch.
Updates when you ask. Berth never checks on its own.

What touches the network

Light on your Mac.

Written in Swift, with AppKit and SwiftUI.

Idle CPU: 0.3 percent of one core; Percent of one core; 100 %
Memory: 34 megabytes; The Memory column, at idle; 1 GB

Process Name% CPUPIDUser

WindowServer6.8412_windowserver

kernel_task3.90root

Finder0.61186alex

mds_stores0.4538root

Berth0.31342alex

coreaudiod0.3421_coreaudiod

launchd0.11root

cfprefsd0.0489alex

bluetoothd0.0397root

System:: 3.12%
User:: 5.40%
Idle:: 91.48%

CPU LOAD

Threads:: 2,914
Processes:: 618

Process NameMemoryPIDUser

kernel_task1.12 GB0root

WindowServer486.2 MB412_windowserver

Finder142.8 MB1186alex

mds_stores61.3 MB538root

Berth34.0 MB1342alex

coreaudiod24.6 MB421_coreaudiod

launchd18.9 MB1root

bluetoothd11.4 MB397root

cfprefsd9.8 MB489alex

MEMORY PRESSURE

Physical Memory:: 16.00 GB
Memory Used:: 9.84 GB
Cached Files:: 4.71 GB
Swap Used:: 0 bytes

App Memory:: 6.21 GB
Wired Memory:: 2.37 GB
Compressed:: 1.26 GB

Measured on MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) with M1 Pro, macOS 27.2, Berth 0.1.0 (1) Production build, 10 October 2026. Idle for 5 minutes after launch, with the dock shown, 15 items, 5 widgets and the notch readout with its battery edge on, and Settings not yet opened. The other processes and the lower pane are examples.

Which dock is right for you?

Berth beside Apple’s Dock and the docks you might buy instead. Sources and dates are under the table.

Berth compared with Apple’s Dock, DockFix, Dockset, Sidebar, CoolDock and Dockspace; sources and dates are under the table.
	Berth	Apple’s Dock	DockFix	Dockset	Sidebar	CoolDock	Dockspace
Profiles you switch	YesBy shortcut, display or Focus	NoOne dock	Theme presets	YesBy shortcut, menu bar or Focus	Not stated	YesBy shortcut or hovering the dock	Not stated
Widgets	Yes12 built in, plus the notch	No	Yes	Yes	YesMedia and calendar	Yes160+ in 20 categories	YesAs tiles in Apple’s Dock
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility	Yes	Part of macOS	Its site says it needs neither; our check disagrees^{note 1}	NoAsks for both, for previews and badges	NoAsks for both	NoAsks for Accessibility, for widgets	Not stated
Window previews	NoLeft out by design	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Price	€10 once	Included	€14.99 once	From US$14.99 once	€19.99 once, or €12.50 a year	€29.99 once, or €14.99 for one year	Free, or $9.99 once for Pro
Requires	macOS 13 or later	Part of macOS	macOS 14 or later	macOS 13 or later	macOS 13 or later	macOS 14 or later	macOS 14 or later

Berth and DockFix

Profiles you switch: Berth: YesBy shortcut, display or Focus; DockFix: Theme presets
Widgets: Berth: Yes12 built in, plus the notch; DockFix: Yes
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility: Berth: Yes; DockFix: Its site says it needs neither; our check disagrees^{note 1}
Window previews: Berth: NoLeft out by design; DockFix: Yes
Price: Berth: €10 once; DockFix: €14.99 once
Requires: Berth: macOS 13 or later; DockFix: macOS 14 or later

Berth and Dockset

Profiles you switch: Berth: YesBy shortcut, display or Focus; Dockset: YesBy shortcut, menu bar or Focus
Widgets: Berth: Yes12 built in, plus the notch; Dockset: Yes
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility: Berth: Yes; Dockset: NoAsks for both, for previews and badges
Window previews: Berth: NoLeft out by design; Dockset: Yes
Price: Berth: €10 once; Dockset: From US$14.99 once
Requires: Berth: macOS 13 or later; Dockset: macOS 13 or later

Berth and CoolDock

Profiles you switch: Berth: YesBy shortcut, display or Focus; CoolDock: YesBy shortcut or hovering the dock
Widgets: Berth: Yes12 built in, plus the notch; CoolDock: Yes160+ in 20 categories
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility: Berth: Yes; CoolDock: NoAsks for Accessibility, for widgets
Window previews: Berth: NoLeft out by design; CoolDock: Yes
Price: Berth: €10 once; CoolDock: €29.99 once, or €14.99 for one year
Requires: Berth: macOS 13 or later; CoolDock: macOS 14 or later

Berth and Dockspace

Profiles you switch: Berth: YesBy shortcut, display or Focus; Dockspace: Not stated
Widgets: Berth: Yes12 built in, plus the notch; Dockspace: YesAs tiles in Apple’s Dock
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility: Berth: Yes; Dockspace: Not stated
Window previews: Berth: NoLeft out by design; Dockspace: Yes
Price: Berth: €10 once; Dockspace: Free, or $9.99 once for Pro
Requires: Berth: macOS 13 or later; Dockspace: macOS 14 or later

Berth and Apple’s Dock

Profiles you switch: Berth: YesBy shortcut, display or Focus; Apple’s Dock: NoOne dock
Widgets: Berth: Yes12 built in, plus the notch; Apple’s Dock: No
Never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility: Berth: Yes; Apple’s Dock: Part of macOS
Window previews: Berth: NoLeft out by design; Apple’s Dock: No
Price: Berth: €10 once; Apple’s Dock: Included
Requires: Berth: macOS 13 or later; Apple’s Dock: Part of macOS

Other docks’ facts are from these pages, checked on 5 October 2026 and 11 October 2026: DockFix (dockfix.app, FAQ, changelog), Dockset (dockset.app, manual), Sidebar (sidebarapp.net, FAQ, changelog, prices; Setapp), CoolDock (cooldock.app; Peerlist; a review on Mause Reviews) and Dockspace (getdockspace.app, blog). Prices are as each page states them. “Not stated”: their pages do not say.

¹ DockFix’s site, dockfix.app, says it “requires no special permissions” (5 October 2026). Installed on a Mac, DockFix 5.2.0 declared Screen Recording for window thumbnails, used Accessibility to raise windows and called the private SkyLight and MediaRemote frameworks. Our check: 29 September 2026.

Products change. Seen something out of date? Write to support@byallmeans.work.

This comparison has a page of its own, to link to: berthapp.org/compare.

Try it for 7 days, then choose.

One license for every Mac you own.

Berth

€10once

Lifetime license.

Trial: Every feature for 7 days. No account, no card.
License: Paste it into Settings → About.
Refunds: Ask within 14 days of purchase, no questions asked. The day you write is what counts. A refund ends the license: it stops working from the next update on.
Requires: macOS 13 Ventura or later
Apple silicon and Intel

Available at launch

Berth 1.0 is in final testing

How support works.

We answer every message within two working days. Write to support@byallmeans.work, or use Report a problem… in Settings → About.

The full support policy and troubleshooting

Questions.

Which permissions does Berth ask for?

Calendars, Reminders, Automation or Notifications, and only when you turn on a feature that needs one. When each is asked for

Does anything leave my Mac?

Only features you turn on use the network: Weather (and Apple’s geocoder, for a place you type), Spotify artwork, your own Codex CLI and Check for Updates. Privacy

What happens after the 7-day trial?

Nothing is deleted. Only adding items or profiles needs a license.

How do I uninstall Berth?

Settings → About → Remove Berth… restores Apple’s Dock, removes the login item and deletes your data only if you ask. Then drag Berth to the Trash.

What doesn’t Berth do?

It never asks for Screen Recording or Accessibility, so there are no window previews or other apps’ badges. Now Playing covers Music, Spotify, Swinsian, VLC and QuickTime Player, but not browsers.

Pick a starter dock, or build your own.

€10 once7-day free trial

Coming soon

macOS 13 Ventura or later
Apple silicon and Intel
No account

A dock for every part of your day.

Berth at a glance.

Your AI allowance, in view.

Your next meeting, with Join.

On a MacBook, the notch becomes a readout.

Minimal

Developer

Meetings

Magnification and bounce.

Make it yours.

Menus and stacks.

Twelve widgets, one grammar.

Native and private

Only what a feature needs.

Light on your Mac.

Which dock is right for you?

Berth and DockFix

Berth and Dockset

Berth and Sidebar

Berth and CoolDock

Berth and Dockspace

Berth and Apple’s Dock

Try it for 7 days, then choose.

Berth

How support works.

Questions.

Which permissions does Berth ask for?

Does anything leave my Mac?

What happens after the 7-day trial?

How do I uninstall Berth?

What doesn’t Berth do?

Pick a starter dock, or build your own.