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Show Desktop for Mac

Hide every window with one click or ⌃⇧D, then bring them all back right where they were.

By stanczykwyatt. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

Show Desktop at a glance

Version
0.2.0
Released
29 October 2026
Download size
523 KB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Windows and Keyboard
Developer
stanczykwyatt
GitHub stars
7

About Show Desktop

Show Desktop for Mac: hide every window with one click or ⌃⇧D, then bring them all back exactly as they were. The Windows+D shortcut for macOS. Free, open source, no internet access.

Screenshots

Show Desktop screenshot 1

How to install Show Desktop on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Show Desktop and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 0.2.0 from stanczykwyatt's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Show Desktop show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Show-Desktop.zip (523 KB).

What is new in Show Desktop 0.2.0

Pick any shortcut you like.

- **Record your own shortcut:** right-click the menu bar icon → **Keyboard Shortcut → Record Shortcut…**, then press the keys you want. Any combination with ⌃, or ⌘ with ⇧ or ⌥, works, and so do function keys like F13 on their own.
- **Won't break anything you rely on:** shortcuts that would get in the way of typing (like ⌥E, which types an accent) or that macOS already uses (like ⇧⌘3 for screenshots) are refused.
- **Clashes:** when macOS reports that another app already has your shortcut, the Keyboard Shortcut menu says so.
- **Function keys and arrows** show up next to Show Desktop in the menu, like any other shortcut.
- The shortcut you picked in 0.1.0 carries over.

Still no internet access, no Accessibility permission and no Screen Recording permission. The recorder only reads the keys you press in its own window.

## Install or update

1. Download **Show-Desktop.zip** below and unzip it.
2. Quit Show Desktop if it's running, then move the new **Show Desktop** into Applications, replacing the old one.
3. Open it and click its menu bar icon, or press your shortcut.

The first time you open it, macOS may say Apple couldn't verify it, because it isn't notarized yet. Go to **System Settings → Privacy & Security** and click **Open Anyway**. For the same reason, macOS may ask again whether Show Desktop can control Finder.
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