LiteDock

Overview

LiteDock is a standalone native Rust application that brings macOS-style Stage Manager window management to Windows 11. It runs as a lightweight system tray utility with hotkey-based control and zero Electron overhead.

LiteDock is free, requires no account, and is distributed independently from Lite Suite.

Features

• Stage Manager window grouping — organize related windows into groups and switch between them
• Hotkey-based control — manage your desktop entirely from the keyboard
• Custom hotkey recording — record any key combination for window actions
• System tray integration — runs quietly with minimal resource usage
• Settings GUI — built-in iced settings panel for configuration
• Native Rust — no Electron, no Node.js, no runtime dependencies

Installation

Download LiteDock from litesuite.dev/download. It's a standalone executable — no installer required.

Usage

1. Launch LiteDock — it appears in your system tray
2. Use the default hotkeys to group and switch windows
3. Right-click the tray icon to access settings and customize hotkeys

Architecture

| Component | Technology | |-----------|-----------| | Language | Rust | | UI Framework | iced | | Platform | Windows 11 native APIs |

Relationship to Lite Suite

LiteDock is the free Windows utility in the Lite Suite ecosystem and runs completely independently. It does not communicate with LiteSuite, LiteImage, or LiteModeler, has no licensing requirements, and shares no infrastructure.

| Product | Type | Relationship | |---------|------|-------------| | Lite Suite | Mega-app | The AI operating environment | | LiteImage | Standalone | GPU-native image/video generation | | LiteModeler | Standalone | GPU-native prompt-to-3D and image-to-3D generation | | LiteDock | Standalone | Window management utility (this app) |

Requirements

• Windows 11
• No additional runtime dependencies