For messy desktops,
A real rug
for your busy desktop.
Desk Rug hides your desktop icons under a rug with real cloth physics
— then lays them back exactly where they were.
Mac OS 14+. Free to use.
A better rug for your Mac.
Built on the open-source original.
Desk Rug is based on Under the Rug, the free MIT-licensed app that first laid a cloth-simulated rug over your Mac icons. We kept the physics and rebuilt the rest: nine rugs and fourteen floors, up from four and three; a global hotkey that sweeps from any app; tidy-ups you can schedule; and a different rug on every Space. It's faster, friendlier and still native — and your files never move.
Based on Under the Rug — MIT licensed.
Everything a rug should do.
And a little more.
Grab a corner and the whole rug follows — real weight, real drag, real folds. It's simulated in Metal, so it moves like cloth.
One hotkey sweeps every icon into a pile under the rug. Another lays them back exactly where they were. Your files never move.
Pick from nine woven patterns and fourteen floors, or import a rug of your own. Switch any time — no restart. It sits on your desktop, underneath your open apps.
Sweep it under.
Or spread it out.
One hotkey gathers every icon into a neat pile beneath the rug.
Out of sight in a blink.
Nothing gets lost.
Need something? Lay everything back across the desktop.
Right where it belongs.
Positions remembered.
Pick a rug.
Make it yours.
Nine patterns ship with the app — or import a picture of your own.
Pick a floor.
Set the scene.
Fourteen floors ship with the app — swap them as often as you like.
Small touches.
All in the details.
Menu bar app
No dock icon, no window to manage. It stays out of the way until you need it.
One hotkey
Press ⌃⌥⌘R to sweep or restore your whole desktop, from any app.
Runs on a schedule
Tidy up by weekday and time, so your desk is clear when you sit down.
Nine rugs, fourteen floors
Pick a woven rug and a matching floor — or import a photo of your own.
A rug per Space
Give each Space its own look with quick A/B profiles.
Soft sounds
Four tactile sounds. Turn them up, down or off.
Thirteen languages
Localized for 13 languages.
Native
Built in Swift with Metal. Mac OS 14+.
All tucked in.
No loose ends.
A tidier desktop.
A calmer Mac.
Download for Mac Free download · Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) · macOS 14 or later · ~54 MB