Minimize a window and it doesn't shrink. It folds, along real crease lines, into a paper crane. The screen becomes the bird.
The facets are the app's actual baked origami, so every panel moves like real folded stock.
Real crease patterns
Oddly delightful
02 · It comes alive
Then it comes alive.
An optional desktop companion.
The crane stays to keep you company. It loops, flips, and circles your work, spring-chases the cursor, and roams when you go idle.
Every move is the real flight model from the app: banked turns, wing-rock, the lot.
Cursor chase
Tricks & flips
Reduce-Motion aware
03 · Crane or dart
Crane, or paper airplane.
It morphs mid-air, with a click.
Prefer a paper airplane? It refolds (flat, swap, refold) into a dart that loops the same way, and back again whenever you like.
Two shapes, one character, your choice.
Crane ⇄ dart
Refold on click
See it in action
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Minimize → folds to the Dock
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The flock & its formations
Real clips coming soon. Drop them in /public/minigami.
Questions
What is Minigami?
A macOS menu-bar app, the first of its kind. Minimize a window and it folds into a paper crane or airplane that flies to your Dock and perches there until you click it home. An optional paper companion lives on your desktop.
Is there anything else like it?
No, not that we've found. Minigami is the first app to turn minimizing into real origami flight, folds, flock, and all.
Does it replace the real minimize?
Yes. It intercepts the minimize click and plays the fold instead of the genie. Nothing is truly minimized: the window waits cloaked off-screen, so restoring is instant with no genie to clash with.
What does it cost?
Minigami for Mac is a $9.99 one-time purchase with no subscription.
What do I need to run it?
macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon. It asks for Accessibility and Screen Recording on first launch to notice the minimize click and snapshot the window.
Will it slow my Mac down?
No. It tears down its render loop between interactions and idles at well under 1% CPU. The flock uses a spatial-grid neighbor search and shared poses to stay smooth even near 1,000 birds.