Now Playing, everywhere
Apple Music, Spotify — even YouTube in your browser. Title, artwork and transport controls for whatever your Mac is playing.
Your notch
just woke up.
OpenNotch turns the MacBook notch into a Dynamic Island — now playing from any app, a drop shelf for files, and your day at a glance. Invisible until you hover.
Download for macOS
Free · Apple Silicon · macOS 15+
Demo video coming soon
Everything the notch
should have been.
Ambient Glow
The artwork's color traces the panel's edge — a thin line of light that hugs the notch, like the music is leaking out of the screen.
The Shelf
Drag a file onto the notch and it opens to catch it. Park screenshots and downloads, then drag them back out anywhere.
Your day, one hover
The next 24 hours of your calendar, local weather and a live clock in the expanded panel's header. No widgets, no Mission Control.
Battery, beautifully
Charge level with a charging shimmer, a bolt while plugged in and a quiet red warning when you're running low.
Invisible by design
Collapsed, it hugs the hardware notch to the pixel — pure black, nothing added. Settings live in a small menu bar switchboard.
Get OpenNotch
Version 0.1.0 · Apple Silicon · macOS 15 or later
Download .dmgFirst launch on macOS
OpenNotch is an independent app, so macOS will ask before the first launch: open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down and click “Open Anyway”. You only do this once.