Settings

Open Settings from the ☰ menu in the top-left corner. Changes apply when you click Save.

Appearance

Choose from four looks: Unix (the default, square and monospaced), Default (rounder, with a sans-serif font), Light (a clean paper palette), and Sandstone (a warm neutral palette). Both the main window and the Quick Launcher switch straight away.

Terminal

Option	Default	What it does
Default shell	Automatic	The shell new terminals open with
Font size	13px	Terminal text size
Scrollback	10,000 lines	How much output each terminal keeps
Cursor	Block	Block, bar or underline
Blinking cursor	On
Copy text when it is selected	Off	Copies as soon as you select, without Ctrl+Shift+C
Shift+Enter inserts a newline	On	For Claude Code and similar tools
Reopen terminal tabs	On	Restores tabs and their recent output when Dockmaster starts

Terminal changes apply to open terminals too.

Editors and external terminal

• Editors chooses which editors appear in Open with menus: VS Code and Cursor.
• Preferred editor is the one the one-click editor button uses, including in Source Control.
• External terminal is the terminal app used by External terminal menu items. System default uses your system’s usual terminal.

Behaviour

Option	Default
Open Dockmaster when you sign in	On
Keep running in the tray when the window is closed	On
Show the Quick Launcher on startup	On
Keep the Quick Launcher above other windows	On
Show desktop notifications	On

Updates

With Check for updates automatically on, Dockmaster checks shortly after it starts and then every few hours. When an update is available, a card appears at the bottom of the sidebar: download it, then restart to install. Check now checks straight away. Your current version is shown here too.

Privacy

Share anonymous usage statistics sends anonymous counts of launches, the app version and your operating system. It never sends your projects, commands, terminal output or file paths. See the privacy policy for details.