Build a Scene.
Choose the apps, desktop appearance, and quick controls you want ready.
Native Scenes for macOS
Same Mac.
Different Scenes.
Build a workspace once. Enter it in one click. Leave it, and Deskilo brings back the desktop state it changed.
Enter in one click.
Deskilo brings the Scene forward and keeps the switch intentionally lightweight.
Leave it. Come back.
Exit the Scene and Deskilo restores the desktop state it changed.
Build a Scene
Pick what belongs in this moment.
Show keeps an app visible. Open launches it if needed. They are separate on purpose.
SHOW
Keep it visible while the Scene is active.
OPEN
Launch it if it isn't already running.
An app can be Open without being forced to the front.
Scene Desktop
A clean desktop without cleaning up your files.
Deskilo can cover desktop items for a Scene without moving or deleting them.
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Work · Active
Instant Cover
Need one second? Cover first.
Instant Cover puts a ready-made work surface on screen immediately. Your apps stay underneath, untouched.
Instant Cover ready
Nothing underneath is changed by the Cover itself.
Always nearby
Scenes from the menu bar. Shortcuts when you want them.
Jump into a Scene, exit globally, or trigger Instant Cover without reopening the editor.
SceneCustom hotkey
Global ExitExample shortcut
Instant CoverCustom hotkey
Quiet by design
Deskilo restores what it changes.
01Clean Desktop covers files — it doesn't move or delete them.
02Scene exit restores the desktop state Deskilo changed.
03Built as a native macOS app.
Deskilo for Mac
Your Mac already has everything you need.
Give it a few better Scenes.
Coming to the Mac App Store
Requires macOS 13 or later.