Skylane

Skylane is a productivity app that turns your MacBook cutout into an always-available widget hub.

demo.mp4

Features

• expand the compact surface into a larger interactive workspace
• create multiple views and organize widgets across them
• choose from a carefully crafted set of built-in widgets
• build your own using a Raycast-inspired extensions API

Built-in Widgets

These ship with Skylane.

• Home: Quick Capture, Camera Preview, Music
• Focus: Pomodoro, Goal, Ambient Sounds
• Plan: Linear, Calendar, Email

Requirements

• macOS 14+
• Xcode 15+
• just (brew install just)

Run

just dev

This command builds the app in Debug and launches Skylane.

You can also open Skylane.xcodeproj in Xcode and run the Skylane scheme directly.

Project Structure

• Skylane/SkylaneApp.swift: app entry point and lane/window lifecycle
• Skylane/LaneContentView.swift: expanded lane UI
• Skylane/ViewSwitcher.swift: tab strip, selection, and reordering
• Skylane/SavedViews.swift: saved view model and ordering logic
• Skylane/LanePanel.swift: panel behavior
• Skylane/LaneViewModel.swift: hover, expansion, and pinned state

License

Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.