# Jaysce/Spaceman

A macOS app to view Spaces / Virtual Desktops in the menu bar

Repository: https://github.com/Jaysce/Spaceman
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spaceman
Homepage: https://www.jaysce.dev/projects/spaceman
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: macos, spaces, virtualdesktop, menubar
Last push: 2026-02-06T10:47:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 52/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 66, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2110, "days_push": 208, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1002, forks 55 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:06.262580+00:00)

## What it is
Spaceman is a native macOS menu bar app that displays your Spaces / Virtual Desktops, showing which space is active across one or more displays. It supports four icon styles, custom space naming, keyboard-shortcut refresh, and automatic updates via Sparkle.

## Use cases
- see which macOS Space I'm currently on from the menu bar
- view virtual desktops across multiple displays
- rename my macOS Spaces for better organization
- show active and fullscreen app spaces in the menu bar
- quickly glance at my desktop layout on macOS Sequoia

## When to choose
- you use macOS Spaces heavily and want at-a-glance awareness of your current space
- you want a lightweight, native, open-source menu bar utility
- you want to name and visually distinguish your virtual desktops
- you work across multiple displays and need per-display space indicators

## When to avoid
- you're on macOS earlier than 15 Sequoia
- you need window management features beyond viewing Spaces
- you want a Windows or Linux virtual desktop indicator
- you need programmatic APIs to control or switch Spaces

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: menu-bar, virtual-desktops, spaces, swift, window-management, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Jaysce/Spaceman (main) score 52

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.262580+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:13:56.213199+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Jaysce/Spaceman (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:06.262580+00:00, sha e09a6fa18251)
  - homepage: https://www.jaysce.dev/projects/spaceman (fetched 2026-08-29T13:13:45.479612+00:00, sha 1893e0617f26)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.