Developer Tools

Optional, off-by-default extras for developers — starting with Git status badges on files inside a repository.

Updated June 28, 2026 · Suggest an edit

What it is. A small set of developer-oriented extras under Settings → Dev Tools, kept off by default so they never clutter the experience for everyone else. When to use it. Turn them on if you browse code repositories in DockDuck.

Git status badges

Enable Git status badges to overlay a small colored dot on files inside a Git repository, showing each file’s status at a glance:

modified — tracked and changed,
new / untracked — not yet in the repo,
ignored — excluded by .gitignore.

The badge appears in grid, list, and column views, on files within any folder that sits inside a Git working tree.

Add image — A file list inside a Git repository with small colored status dots marking modified, new, and ignored files

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Note

Git status badges require Git to be installed on your Mac. DockDuck reads status from your real Git — it doesn’t bundle or shim its own.

Developer actions in menus

Turn this on to add developer-oriented entries to the right-click menu: Open in Terminal and Open in Editor (with pickers for your preferred terminal and editor), plus a Copy as Path variant. They stay out of the menu entirely until you enable them.

Advanced permissions (chmod)

Adds a raw read / write / execute grid to Get Info and an optional permissions column to List view — the Unix mode bits, for when you need to see or set them directly rather than through the standard Sharing & Permissions UI.

Where to go next

Settings — the rest of DockDuck’s preferences.
View modes — where the badges show up.