Recent releases have added some genuinely useful features. AI Commits let you generate commit messages and descriptions with one click, right from the commit area — handy for when writing a good commit message is the last thing you feel like doing. Automatic Branch Archiving takes care of housekeeping by detecting stale or fully merged branches and archiving them for you, so your sidebar doesn't fill up with clutter over time.

For teams with their own conventions, Custom Git Workflows let you define a branching model from scratch — trunk/topic branches, prefixes, merge strategies — or start from templates like git-flow or GitHub Flow, with one-click "Start/Finish Feature" actions to guide you through it. Tower also has Graphite Integration built in, covering stack creation, restacking, PR submission, and merge queue support without leaving the app.

Two more additions support more advanced setups: Worktree Support, for checking out and working on multiple branches at once, and Stacked Branches, which track parent-child relationships between branches so you can work with stacked pull requests and restack a whole chain with a single action.

Rounding things out, Commit Templates let teams reuse commit message formats across a repository, with quick keyboard access when you need one.

App Groups

• Organize apps into named groups, each with a custom emoji icon, stored by bundle ID.

• Pin important groups to the top of the sidebar.

• Create and delete groups directly from the main panel — no detour into Settings.

• Default starter groups (Work, Creative, Utilities) appear on first launch.

• Group data is saved atomically with owner-only file permissions, and the app tolerates missing fields so updates never wipe your groups.

The Floating Panel

• A panel anchored next to your Dock that positions itself correctly whether your Dock sits at the bottom, left, or right of the screen.

• Opens from the Dock icon or the menu bar; closes automatically when it loses focus.

• A collapsible sidebar toggles between full labels (with shortcut badges) and a compact icon-only rail.

• Frosted-glass or solid panel style, plus System / Light / Dark themes.

Open All / Close All — the signature feature

• Open All launches every app in a group with a small stagger (so macOS doesn't choke on simultaneous launches).

• Close All does the reverse, and this is something no competing dock app offers:

• Plain click → hides every app in the group

  • ⌥-click → quits them gracefully
  • ⌘-click → force-quits them

• Live indicators show which apps in a group are currently running, and clicking a running app restores its windows — including minimized ones.

In-Panel App Management

• Add and remove apps right in the panel grid.

• Drag to reorder apps within a group.

• Right-click any app for Quit, Force Quit, or Show in Finder.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ⌘1–9 switches groups inside the panel.

• ⌥⇧1–9 are true system-wide hotkeys that work even in full-screen apps — with no Accessibility or Input Monitoring permissions needed.

Menu Bar Mode

• An optional menu bar icon for quick access without using the Dock.