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Poni

A free Dynamic Island-style notch and Dock for Windows

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Poni turns the top of your Windows screen into a notch like Dynamic Island: music with synced lyrics, notifications, calendar, to-dos, AI chat and a file shelf, plus a Mac-style Dock. Free, no ads, no account. Mac and Linux in Beta.

PH · launched Nov 13, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views

Niche: desktop environment and customization software · 283 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -43% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • Windows
  • Productivity
  • GitHub
  • Menu Bar Apps

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More like this: all 283 launches in desktop environment and customization software →

Could you build this?

Yes It is a Windows overlay app with a notch-style UI, media controls, calendar, notes, and an AI chat panel, all built from standard desktop frameworks and public APIs. System-level hooks take extra effort but are achievable.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 349 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #197 of 350 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 323 days after the earliest competitor.

  • oyenza-studio · github · 2026-10-23 · 100 upvotes · similarity 0.75
  • Isleta · ph · 2026-10-06 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • NotchPixel · ph · 2026-10-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
  • Notch Monster · ph · 2026-10-31 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
  • Syllo · ph · 2026-10-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
  • NotchPop · ph · 2026-09-24 · 108 upvotes · similarity 0.53
  • island · github · 2026-09-29 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • OmniMac · ph · 2026-09-29 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51

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