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Zen Mode

a global focus mode for macOS

Details

External ID
48884663
Source
HN
Company
—
Product
Zen Mode
Website domain
github.com
Launched
July 12, 2026
Cohort
—
Upvotes
30
Upvotes percentile
0.7837514934289128
Tags
—
Fetched at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.
Updated at
Sept. 7, 2026, 9:26 p.m.

Enrichment

Theme
macOS and desktop customization tools
Vertical
Horizontal
Function
Workflow automation
Audience
B2C
AI stance
Not AI
Project type
Commercial product
Normalized one-liner
focus mode for macos
Manually corrected
False

Could you build this?

Yes A macOS focus mode utility can be built by vibe coding a Swift or Swift/AppKit menu bar app that toggles system DND states, hides windows, or blocks notifications using public macOS APIs.

Discussion

12 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: HazeOver, Stage Manager, macOS built-in full-screen mode, Individual app focus modes

Concerns raised: Notifications not silenced when entering Zen Mode, Only works with single window at a time

Feature requests: Multi-app version to focus multiple windows simultaneously, Named window sets with custom shortcuts, Cmd+Tab picker to add apps to focus group

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one — 1330 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #329 of 1331 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 254 days after the earliest competitor.

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