What is Workspaces App?

Workspaces is a project based launched for macOS devices.

What Workspaces helps with

Workspaces helps you cut the "getting ready" time before actually working by opening every resource you need for a project in one go instead of hunting through Finder, browser tabs, and recents. It is especially useful for long-term or multi-project workflows, where each client or initiative has its own mix of tools, folders, and links that you need to switch between multiple times a day. By grouping these resources into workspaces and giving each one its own notes and task list, it also becomes easier to keep track of what you were doing and pick up where you left off.

The app also helps you close things down cleanly when you're finished, so your desktop and dock don't slowly fill up with leftover apps and windows. Using plugins like QuitApps, you can automatically shut down unneeded tools, run shell scripts, or even start a playlist when you click Finish, which helps create clearer boundaries between projects and reduce distraction.

How Workspaces works

You create a workspace once by dragging in everything you need: apps, files, folders, websites, emails (Mail only), Terminal sessions, URLs, Shortcuts, and plugin-based actions. Each of these items becomes a "resource" in that workspace, and you can choose which ones launch automatically on Start and which ones stay available to launch individually when needed. Workspaces also lets you delay the start of specific resources, define resources that should launch when you Finish, and set which apps should open certain files and folders.

From then on, starting a project is a single click: pick the workspace and hit Start to launch all chosen resources at once. You can search across workspaces and resources, archive workspaces you're not actively using, and use templates to clone common setups for similar projects so you don't have to rebuild them each time. For automation-minded users, there's also an AppleScript API and Shortcuts actions, plus URL support, so you can wire Workspaces into your broader Mac automation stack.