HatchnotchHatchnotch turns the dead space around your MacBook notch into a home for a tiny pet, plus live widgets for Claude Code, CI, music and your day. Nib cheers when you ship and sulks when tests fail.
Join the waitlistFree early access for macOS 14+. No spam, one email when it's ready.
Demo clip coming soon: Nib hatching, roaming the menu bar and reacting to a failed build.
The pet
Pick a cat, bunny, bear, frog, ghost or robot. When things are quiet it climbs out and wanders under your menu bar, naps when you're away, and hops back in the moment something happens. Clicks always go straight through it.
For Claude Code users
When Claude Code needs permission, the notch shows exactly what it wants to run, and you allow or deny it right there. Your 5-hour and weekly limits, live sessions and GitHub Actions runs sit one hover away.
Nib pops up when Claude finishes or needs you, so you can stop watching the terminal.
Plan usage, streaks and today's spend per project, read from your local logs.
notch "Deploy done" from builds, cron jobs and agents. A failed build makes Nib angry; a merged PR earns heart eyes.
Everyday utilities
Now Playing with seek and output switching, a file shelf with AirDrop, clipboard history, focus timer, to-dos, calendar, notes and quick toggles. Mix any three into a template and swipe between them.
Yes. On Macs and external displays without a notch, Hatchnotch draws one at the top of the screen.
No. Claude Code usage comes from token counts in your local logs, never message content, and the CLI talks to the app over 127.0.0.1. Nothing is uploaded.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
Early access is free. Pricing for the full release isn't set yet, and people on the waitlist hear first.
Join the waitlist for early access to the Hatchnotch beta.