Window Sweaters open-sources a knitted window border tool for Mac
What happened
On November 6, 2026, Hacker News' front page featured Window Sweaters, a small Mac app from a developer that adds knitted-style borders to windows. Border colors come from each app's icon, and the app ships with 37 app-specific color schemes. It is built on JankyBorders and open-sourced under GPL-3.0. It installs through Homebrew, needs macOS 13 or later, runs on Apple Silicon and Intel, and is not yet notarized by Apple.
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- Hacker News front pageWindow Sweaters
开发者发布 Mac 小应用 Window Sweaters，可为窗口添加针织风格边框，颜色取自各应用图标，内置 37 款应用专属配色。应用支持 Homebrew 安装，需 macOS 13 及以上，兼容 Apple Silicon 与 Intel，但尚未经 Apple 公证。它基于 JankyBorders 构建，以 GPL-3.0 开源。
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