vantage

a macOS menubar app that does ten things. window snapping, clipboard history, system monitor, app launcher, pomodoro, display info, text snippets, ai chat (openai / anthropic / gemini / deepseek), network tools, battery stats.

built because i kept having five different apps open to do stuff that should live in one place. probably has bugs on edge cases i haven't hit yet.

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requires macOS 14+. runs on apple silicon, probably fine on intel too.

what's in it

• window manager — snap to halves, thirds, quarters, two-thirds, center float. global hotkeys with ⌃⌥ + a key. uses accessibility api so you'll need to grant that once
• clipboard history — last 200 items, searchable, pin the ones you reuse, copy back with one click
• system monitor — process list with live cpu/mem, disk usage donut, network i/o delta. kill button on hover
• app launcher — scans /Applications, shows recents, search by name
• focus — pomodoro timer (25/5/15). auto-advances, sends a notification when a phase ends. configurable durations
• display controls — shows your monitors, resolution, refresh rate, retina info. opens system settings for brightness (can't do that without private apis)
• text snippets — store short texts with a trigger abbreviation, copy to clipboard in one click
• ai assistant — chat with openai, anthropic, gemini, or deepseek. keys stored locally in userdefaults. switch providers mid-session
• network tools — live interface info with ipv4/ipv6, ping tool, dns from resolv.conf
• battery & power — cycle count, health %, temperature, capacity (mah), time to empty or full

install

download Vantage.dmg, open it, drag to Applications. grant accessibility permission when window manager asks (settings > privacy & security > accessibility).

build from source

brew install xcodegen
xcodegen generate
open Vantage.xcodeproj

requires Xcode 15+. swift 5, swiftui.

notes

• no auto-update (yet)
• brightness control intentionally missing — apple locks that behind private apis that break every major release, not worth it
• ai module doesn't store conversation history between sessions, just the api keys
• tested on m2 pro, macOS 15. haven't tested on intel