Offstage
One window lit. The rest of your Mac goes quiet.
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Offstage is a menu bar app that keeps the window you're using lit and lets every other window recede: dimmed, blurred or faded, in a warmth you choose. A soft spotlight follows your click. Hold ⌥ to peek. No account, no tracking. $6.99 once.
PH · launched Oct 22, 2026 · 3 upvotes (top 10%) · 0 views
Niche: macos menu bar utilities · 312 launches, 20 in the last 7 days ▼ -33% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Menu Bar Apps
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Could you build this?
Yes A macOS menu bar app that dims other windows is buildable in Swift using standard window and accessibility APIs, with a simple one-time purchase model.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 754 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #142 of 755 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 340 days after the earliest competitor.
- Rein · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- KnockKnock · ph · 2026-10-16 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Many Displays · ph · 2026-10-24 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Keypause · ph · 2026-11-08 · 88 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Extra Cup · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- LidAwake · github · 2026-10-03 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Acclimach · ph · 2026-10-12 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- double-shot · github · 2026-10-26 · 78 upvotes · similarity 0.52
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