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ILoveNotch

Free, open-source notch app for MacBooks: now playing, file shelf, calendar, Reminders, notes, shortcuts, timers, camera mirror, and your Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot usage. Native SwiftUI, near-zero idle CPU.

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GITHUB · launched Sep 24, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 88%) · 0 views

Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • AI feature
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • ai-usage
  • appkit
  • claude
  • codex
  • dynamic-island
  • macbook
  • +12 more

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Could you build this?

Partial Building a full macOS utility integrating with native APIs (EventKit, MediaRemote, CoreMedia, camera, notch windowing, and zero-idle performance budgets) requires non-trivial native Swift/AppKit expertise beyond typical vibe coding.

What it would actually take: Requires Swift, SwiftUI, and AppKit with specialized window level and screen edge anchoring techniques to position beneath the MacBook notch. Integrations include private MediaRemote framework or MPRemoteCommandCenter, EventKit for calendar/reminders, and AVFoundation. Fine-tuning for 0% idle CPU and battery optimization requires native macOS profiling and low-level event-driven architecture.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 467 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #452 of 468 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 299 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Korinotch · ph · 2026-10-17 · 80 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • Nova · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • OmniNotch · ph · 2026-09-25 · 67 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • Notchwake · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.59
  • SAVISUL · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Crowny! · ph · 2026-10-03 · 70 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • NotchNook · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • ApexNotch · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.56

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