DeskBlur
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DeskBlur 1.2 helps you focus on your work. It keeps the active window sharp and blurs or dims the others. Hover to read a note without switching apps, adjust the effect per app, or keep a second display clear. For macOS 26 or later. Try all features free for 7 days, then keep using DeskBlur with an optional one-time purchase ($2.99 in the US).
PH · launched Nov 13, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views
Niche: personal productivity software · 176 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▲ +11% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Menu Bar Apps
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Could you build this?
Partial The settings UI, licensing, and per-app rules are easy to vibe-code in Swift, but the core effect of blurring other windows requires native macOS window and screen-capture APIs that need real platform expertise.
What it would actually take: The app would be a native Swift and AppKit project that tracks the frontmost window through Accessibility APIs and renders overlays or blurred captures of the others using ScreenCaptureKit and Core Animation. The hard parts are performance, correct behaviour across multiple displays and Spaces, and the Screen Recording and Accessibility permission flows. Shipping it also needs code signing, notarization, and an update system, so macOS-specific experience is needed for the polish.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 720 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #158 of 721 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 380 days after the earliest competitor.
- FocusLens · ph · 2026-11-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Oh My Focus · ph · 2026-10-13 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- Levo · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- DeskScape · ph · 2026-11-05 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- FocusDrop for Mac · ph · 2026-11-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- DeskNotch · ph · 2026-10-18 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Netra · ph · 2026-10-05 · 68 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Winq · ph · 2026-11-06 · 68 upvotes · similarity 0.51
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