FinderOne

A lightweight macOS menu bar app that automatically merges Finder windows into a single tabbed window.

What It Does

Every time you open a new Finder window, FinderOne detects it and merges all Finder windows into one tabbed window — automatically.

No more cluttered desktops full of Finder windows.

Features

• Automatic merging of new Finder windows into tabs
• Manual "Merge Now" for on-demand merging
• Launch at Login support
• Minimal resource usage — sits quietly in your menu bar

Installation

Requires Xcode 15+ and macOS 14+.

git clone https://github.com/Moomo/FinderOne.git
cd FinderOne
make build
make run

Setup

1. Launch FinderOne — it appears in your menu bar
2. Click the menu bar icon and grant Accessibility permission when prompted
3. That's it — new Finder windows will be automatically merged into tabs

Permissions

Permission	Why
Accessibility	Required to monitor Finder windows
Automation	macOS will prompt on first merge (AppleScript → Finder)

How It Works

1. Monitors Finder window count via the Accessibility API
2. When a new window is detected, waits ~0.5s for it to finish loading
3. Runs Finder's built-in Merge All Windows command via AppleScript
4. If fewer than 2 windows exist, does nothing

Building

This is an Xcode project (not a Swift Package).

make build        # Build
make clean-build  # Clean + build
make run          # Build and open the app

Raw xcodebuild command

xcodebuild \
  -project Corral.xcodeproj \
  -scheme Corral \
  -configuration Debug \
  -derivedDataPath tmp/DerivedData \
  build CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO

Project Structure

Corral/
├── CorralApp.swift                    # App entry point
├── AppDelegate.swift                  # App state & orchestration
├── MenuBarView.swift                  # Menu bar UI
├── MenuBarIconFactory.swift           # Menu bar icon
├── FinderWindowMonitor.swift          # Finder window monitoring
├── AppleScriptRunner.swift            # Finder merge via AppleScript
├── AccessibilityPermissionManager.swift
└── LoginItemManager.swift

Known Limitations

• Monitoring is polling-based, not event-driven
• Finder's Merge All Windows may be temporarily unavailable depending on Finder state
• Behavior may be affected by future macOS or Finder changes

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome.

License

MIT