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 egui 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 | egui | | Platform | Windows 11 native APIs |

Relationship to Lite Suite

LiteDock is part of the 4-product Lite Suite ecosystem but 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