MacBook notch productivity widgets
Recent window: last 5.3 months (2026-04-28 → 2026-10-05), compared with the prior 5.3 months.
These products turn the MacBook notch and macOS menu bar into interactive dashboards, quick launchers, and status widgets. They are designed for Mac power users and developers looking to monitor tasks, control media, or trigger AI agents without cluttering their main workspace. What distinguishes this cluster is its creative use of the hardware notch real estate as a persistent heads-up display.
Members
| Name | Source | Upvotes ▼ | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| coucou | GITHUB | 2265 | 2026-09-27 |
| Gemini app for Mac | PH | 321 | 2026-04-19 |
| iPromise | PH | 223 | 2026-05-22 |
| MacNotch | PH | 198 | 2026-03-26 |
| Knock | PH | 168 | 2026-03-16 |
| KiwiDesk | PH | 148 | 2026-09-27 |
| Pushary | PH | 140 | 2026-09-18 |
| Fide Island | PH | 120 | 2026-09-16 |
| Kleanly | PH | 109 | 2026-09-26 |
| Maaa | PH | 109 | 2026-09-18 |
| NotchPop | PH | 108 | 2026-09-24 |
| CodexBoard | GITHUB | 103 | 2026-09-14 |
| NotchDodo | PH | 101 | 2026-09-30 |
| TinyKPI | PH | 100 | 2026-09-17 |
| NotchMind | PH | 82 | 2026-10-01 |
| Notchware | PH | 81 | 2026-10-03 |
| CoIsland | PH | 80 | 2026-09-30 |
| iLand | PH | 80 | 2026-10-05 |
| GroupShelf | PH | 77 | 2026-09-29 |
| Kishi Notch | PH | 70 | 2026-10-06 |
| Crowny! | PH | 70 | 2026-10-03 |
| Halo | PH | 69 | 2026-10-02 |
| Notch Radio | PH | 69 | 2026-10-06 |
| Netra | PH | 68 | 2026-10-05 |
| OmniNotch | PH | 67 | 2026-09-25 |
| Notch Design | PH | 65 | 2026-09-18 |
| NotchMate | PH | 61 | 2026-10-04 |
| Omacosy | HN | 57 | 2026-08-20 |
| x2d-907-one-click-extension-toolkit | GITHUB | 46 | 2026-10-03 |
| codex-usage-badge | GITHUB | 41 | 2026-09-27 |
| Clash | GITHUB | 24 | 2026-09-27 |
| NotchOwl | PH | 16 | 2026-09-19 |
| aso-workbench | GITHUB | 15 | 2026-09-22 |
| vibe-gauge | GITHUB | 13 | 2026-09-18 |
| JotBloom-Notch-Assistant | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-10 |
| NotchOTP | GITHUB | 12 | 2026-09-10 |
| samsung-toolkit | GITHUB | 11 | 2026-10-01 |
| Peekabop | PH | 10 | 2026-10-05 |
| FaceMac | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-17 |
| RigShift | GITHUB | 10 | 2026-09-13 |
| Open-sourced a web client that lets any device use Apple's on-device AI | HN | 10 | 2026-03-04 |
| I turned my MacBook notch into a live Claude Code dashboard | HN | 9 | 2026-04-17 |
| Hodor | HN | 9 | 2026-05-27 |
| island | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-29 |
| ILoveNotch | GITHUB | 8 | 2026-09-24 |
| Crest | HN | 6 | 2026-09-23 |
| Dialtone watcher | HN | 6 | 2026-03-15 |
| Build Mac App | PH | 6 | 2026-09-28 |
| Cobalt, an SDK to build apps for Kobo eReaders | HN | 5 | 2026-08-02 |
| Notch Plus | PH | 5 | 2026-09-24 |