Monocle 3.5 for macOS
Noise-cancelling for your screen
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Monocle 3.5 is a crucial follow-up to 3.0, and the one most asked for. With those long-awaited features finally in, the app just clicks. It feels complete.
PH · launched May 19, 2026 · 163 upvotes (top 89%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- User Experience
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Could you build this?
Yes Monocle is a native macOS screen-dimming and focus utility (dimming inactive windows or highlighting active ones), which can be built using standard AppKit/SwiftUI APIs with an AI assistant.
Competitors
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Attention rank: #286 of 288 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 184 days after the earliest competitor.
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