Spotlight: ExtraDock — one dock was never going to be enough
If you run a multi-monitor Mac setup, you already know the annoyance: one Dock, stuck at the bottom of one screen, no matter how many displays you've got plugged in. ExtraDock's whole pitch is fixing that specific itch. It lets you create as many docks as you want, assign each one to a specific screen, and style, position, and configure them independently.
This isn't a dock replacement, it runs alongside your native macOS Dock. You can put a vertical dock on your left monitor, a floating collapsed one on your laptop screen, and a full Liquid Glass dock mirroring your main Dock on a third display, each with its own color theme, icon size, and auto-hide behavior. There's also a "Live Dock" widget that mirrors your actual Dock onto any screen, which solves the very real problem of plugging in a monitor and realizing your Dock is nowhere near it.
The smart move here is the depth of customization rather than just the multi-dock idea itself (other apps do multiple docks). ExtraDock leans into per-dock settings: solid, transparent, or Liquid Glass backgrounds, custom app icons for apps whose default icon annoys you, collapse mode that shrinks a dock into a single button, and widgets (clock, shelf, app folders, and apparently a virtual pet called TamaDocky) that turn a dock into something closer to a small desktop dashboard. They also claim over 90% of features came from user requests, which if true explains why the feature list reads like a long tail of small, specific asks rather than one big idea padded out.
It's also clearly built for the current macOS moment. The site leads with "Built for Tahoe. Liquid Glass and all," meaning this is a v5 rewrite targeting macOS 26+, with a separate build apparently available for older macOS versions. If you're still on macOS 15 or earlier, check which version you actually need before buying.
Who should try it: anyone running two or more displays who's tired of dragging windows to the one screen with a Dock on it. Also a good fit if you like tinkering with your desktop's look and feel (dock skins, icon size, gaps, themes) more than the average person, or if you organize work by Space and want dock behavior that adapts to what's running where.
Who shouldn't bother: single-monitor users with a simple workflow. If your current Dock does the job, adding a customization layer with per-dock settings, widgets, and drag-and-drop folder behavior is solving a problem you don't have. It's also not for anyone allergic to system utilities that hook into how macOS renders its UI. These are the apps most likely to need a quick fix after every macOS point release, so if you can't tolerate the occasional "waiting for update" moment, factor that in.
One thing I couldn't pin down from the site: actual pricing. The page has a "40% off" promo tied to back-to-school timing, but no clear baseline price or licensing model (one-time vs subscription, per-Mac vs seat) surfaced in what's public. Worth checking before you commit, especially if you're deciding between this and a lighter alternative.
Where I'd guess this goes next: the widget system (Shelf, App Folders, TamaDocky) feels like the part with room to grow, small dock-attached tools rather than more display and position options, which already seem pretty fully built out. If ExtraDock keeps shipping based on user requests the way it says it has, the next moves are probably whatever power users are asking for in the reviews, not a grand new direction.
Try ExtraDock: extradock.app
See the launch: ExtraDock on welaunch.sh