give your mac happy folders

Productivity with ridiculous fun

Big, friendly tiles that live on your desktop. One click opens your whole setup — folders, files, apps and links, all at once, windows exactly where you left them. Draw your tiles. Animate them. Share them like mixtapes.

Free 7-day trial, every feature unlockedthen $9.99 onceyours forever

  • ✓ Notarized by Apple
  • ✓ No subscription
  • ✓ Works offline
  • ✓ Zero tracking

psst — these stickers are draggable ✦

these tiles are real — drag one!

the 60-second glow-up

From “where’s that file?”
to “ohh, there it is.”

Slide it. Same Mac, same Monday — one of them just got Happy Folders.

💼Client work
✈️Goa trip
🧾Taxes, ugh
🎨Art dump
after
📄 final_v2.pdf📄 final_FINAL.pdf 🗂 untitled folder🗂 untitled folder 2 📄 scan0001.jpg📄 invoice(3).pdf 📄 Screenshot 2025-11-04 at 23.59.12 🗂 New Folder (7)📄 notes copy.txt 📄 IMG_4821 2.heic📄 asdfgh.key 📄 DO_NOT_DELETE.zip🗂 misc misc
before

what it does

A tiny app that does a lot of heavy lifting

open everything

One click. Your whole workspace.

A tile can open any mix of folders, files, apps and links — all at once. Premiere + the footage folder + your notes + the client’s Figma? Click. You’re working.

  • Opens folders, files, apps & links together
  • Remembers your Finder window layout — position and size
  • Or runs any Apple Shortcut instead

drag & drop

Acts like a real folder. Because it is one.

Drag files onto a tile and they move right in — the tile grows, glows a friendly ring, and the pointer tells you the truth: move, or copy. Hold to flip it.

  • Drop files to move or copy them in
  • Honest feedback — green-light ring, or a clear “nope”
  • Clicks pass through the empty pixels around your art

make it yours

Draw it. Sticker it. Animate it.

A built-in editor with pen, spray, shapes and gradient fills — saved as crisp vector SVG, re-editable forever. Or drop in any PNG, SVG, or animated GIF / WebP / APNG and it plays right on your desktop.

  • Freehand pen, airbrush, shapes, gradient fills
  • Sticker borders that hug your art’s real outline
  • Any shape: folder, squircle, circle, capsule — or your drawing
  • Labels go anywhere — above, beside, on top, tilted

share the joy

Desktops you can gift.

Export tiles — art, wallpaper, what they open — into one .happyfolders file. Send it to a friend, sell it to your audience, or grab packs from artists you love. A visual preview shows every tile before anything touches your desktop.

  • One file: tiles + artwork + wallpaper
  • Import preview with honest warnings — nothing lands unreviewed
  • Made for artists: share, sell, swap whole desktop systems

calm tech

Loud to look at. Quiet to live with.

Tiles sit on the desktop like widgets — behind your windows, on every Space if you want. Pin a favourite always on top. And it’s a true menu-bar app: no Dock icon, no nagging.

  • On the desktop, normal, or always-on-top — per tile
  • Native Swift, feather-light, works fully offline
  • No accounts, no telemetry, nothing phones home

coming soon — pre-order open

Describe a desktop.
Watch it appear.

Happy Folders AI designs whole themes from a sentence — real vector art, die-cut stickers, even transparent animated GIF tiles. Your own AI keys, your control, no subscription. You approve every tile before it lands.

five organic tiles: a pebble, a dragon, a treasure chest…

🪨Pebble
🐉Dragon
🧰Chest
Moon

an illustration of the flow — the real app renders genuine SVG, PNG & GIF art with your own models

Pre-order at the founder price

Pay once now, use Happy Folders today — the AI unlock arrives by email the day it ships. Price locked, fully refundable.

pricing

One price. Zero subscriptions.

Try everything free for 7 days — no card, no signup to download. Keep it forever for less than a pizza.

Happy Folders

ready today

$19.99$9.99once, forever

  • Unlimited tiles, every shape & sticker
  • The full drawing editor (SVG, re-editable)
  • Animated GIF / WebP / APNG tiles
  • Multi-open actions + window layouts + Shortcuts
  • Import & export .happyfolders packs
  • 6 months of updates included — app never expires

or start the free 7-day trial first ↓

⚡ pre-order · founder price

Happy Folders AI

ships soon — includes Happy Folders today

$24.99$14.99once, forever · price locked

  • Everything in Happy Folders — usable today
  • Describe a desktop → full theme, generated
  • Vector SVG art + die-cut PNG stickers
  • Transparent animated GIF tiles (video → GIF on-device)
  • Bring-your-own keys: OpenAI, Anthropic, fal.ai or local Ollama
  • AI unlock emailed to you on launch day — automatically

Changed your mind before launch? Full refund, no questions.

happy desktops

Fresh out of the oven

Happy Folders is brand new. Tried it? Your words land right here — be one of the first.

Leave a review ♥

questions

Fair questions, honest answers

Is the free trial really the full app?

Yes — 7 days, every feature, no card. After that your tiles keep working (clicks still open your stuff), but editing pauses and 3 tiles stay active until you unlock. Nothing is ever deleted.

Is it safe to install?

The app is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple — macOS checks it for malware before it ever runs, no scary warnings. It works fully offline, has no accounts, and collects zero data.

What exactly do I get when I buy?

A personal license key by email. It unlocks the app forever on your Mac — offline, no activation server — plus all updates for 6 months. The app never expires either way.

How does the AI pre-order work?

You pay the founder price once, today. You get a Happy Folders license immediately — use the full app right now. The day the AI version ships, your AI unlock arrives by email automatically. If you change your mind before launch: full refund, no questions.

Do the AI features need a subscription?

No. Happy Folders AI is bring-your-own-model: plug in your OpenAI / Anthropic / fal.ai key, or run a free local model with Ollama. You pay providers only for what you generate — typically pennies — and your keys never leave a private file on your Mac.

What if I want a refund?

Email within 14 days of buying and you get a full refund — no forms, no guilt trip. The 7-day trial exists precisely so you can be sure before paying.

Will it slow down my Mac or mess with my files?

It’s a tiny native Swift app, not a browser in a trench coat. Deleting a tile never touches the real folder or file it points to, and clicks pass through the transparent parts of tiles to whatever’s beneath.

Which Macs does it run on?

Any Mac on macOS 13 Ventura or later — Apple Silicon and Intel alike.

Your Mac called.
It wants tiles.

Two minutes from download to a happier desktop. Free for 7 days.

macOS 13+ · notarized · no signup · no tracking