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@github-actions github-actions released this 08 Oct 09:03
v0.1.0
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The first public release.

Notch

  • A MacBook-style notch at the top of the screen that rests, shows live activities, peeks on events and opens into a frosted-glass panel.
  • Spring animations, hover lean, fast collapse when the mouse leaves.
  • Hides automatically for fullscreen games, videos and presentations.
  • Idle styles: always-visible notch, slim pill, or hidden until something happens.
  • Primary monitor, a fixed monitor, or follow the active window.
  • Per-monitor DPI aware; renders with Direct2D on a composition swap chain and draws nothing while idle.

Modules

  • Media: artwork, title and controls for anything using the Windows media controls, with a compositor-driven visualizer tinted from the album art.
  • Timer: timers and a stopwatch with a countdown ring in the notch and a chime when done.
  • Downloads: browser downloads with size and speed, and a peek when they finish.
  • Clipboard: in-memory history of text, links, files and images; content flagged by password managers is skipped.
  • Shelf: drop files on the notch to park them, drag them out later.
  • Dictation: hold or tap Ctrl+Alt+D, speak, and the text is pasted into the app you were using (Whisper on Groq, with an optional clean-up pass).
  • Ask AI: a quick prompt on Ctrl+Alt+Space with streamed answers and follow-ups, through any OpenRouter model.
  • Mic and camera: an indicator and a peek naming the app whenever the microphone or camera is in use.
  • Ports: local dev servers as they start listening, each with an Open button.
  • Lock keys: peeks for Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock.
  • Battery: level and charging state, with peeks for plugged in, unplugged, low and full.
  • Volume and brightness: the notch replaces the Windows volume flyout; brightness changes on the built-in display peek too.
  • Bluetooth: connect and disconnect peeks with the device's battery level, and a low-battery warning.
  • System stats: CPU, RAM and GPU load on the home page, sampled only while the notch is open.

Integrations

  • Command-line API: notify, progress, timer, ask, toggle, expand, collapse, ai, reload and quit are forwarded to the running notch.
  • Claude Code hook bridge: dynamic-notch claude peeks when Claude finishes or needs you and brings its terminal back on click.
  • Tray icon with modules, monitor, display options and autostart.
  • %APPDATA%\DynamicNotch\config.toml with hot reload; API keys are read only from the environment or a git-ignored .env.

Install

Download the zip for your PC, unzip it anywhere and run dynamic-notch.exe. Nothing else to install.

Zip For
windows-x64 Most Intel and AMD PCs
windows-arm64 Snapdragon and other Windows on ARM PCs

The exe isn't code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn the first time: choose More info → Run anyway. SHA-256 checksums are in SHA256SUMS.txt.

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