Window Sweaters(github.com)
450 points by nickswalker 6 days ago | 132 comments
tl;dr: Window Sweaters is a macOS menu-bar app that decorates window borders with knitted-style patterns, featuring hand-picked colorways for 37 popular apps and auto-generated designs that sample icon colors for everything else. It's installable via Homebrew or a release ZIP, requires Accessibility permissions, and uses private macOS window APIs (so updates may break it). The project is open-source (GPL-3.0), built on JankyBorders, and supports custom colorways via config files.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Author sharing context and backstory of their fun first open-source project
  • ↑Delight and whimsical appreciation for the playful, nostalgic aesthetic
  • ↑Appreciation tied to dislike of modern borderless UI trends
  • ↓Criticism that the project page lacks real screenshots of actual usage
  • ~Technical concern about underlying JankyBorders limitations with Stage Manager