Notchify

A native macOS (Sonoma 14+) SwiftUI app that turns the MacBook notch into an interactive Dynamic Island.

Install

./Scripts/install.sh

Builds a universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) app, installs it to /Applications/Notchify.app, and launches it.

Develop

./Scripts/dev.sh           # build once and (re)launch from ./build
./Scripts/dev.sh --watch   # rebuild + relaunch on every source change

Package for distribution

./Scripts/package.sh       # produces dist/Notchify-<version>.dmg

Creates a styled, HiDPI drag-to-Applications disk image with a branded icon.

Features

• Invisible hover trigger over the real notch; the island stays open while the pointer is inside it.
• Compact now-playing pill in the notch with a live equalizer.
• Apple Music and Spotify now-playing controls.
• Browser media: shows the site favicon and equalizer for web audio (YouTube, Netflix, etc.).
• Calendar with today highlighted in the accent color.
• Camera mirror to quickly check your appearance.
• Temporary file shelf (drag files in and back out).
• Quick notes with titles, saved across launches.
• Clipboard history.
• Preferences window (opens when you launch the app from Applications) with accent color, behavior, tab, and launch-at-login controls.

Permissions

• Apple Events: Apple Music / Spotify controls and browser media detection.
• Camera: the mirror.

Architecture

• App/ — AppDelegate wires the services, overlay panel, hover monitor, hotkey, and preferences window. NotchifyApp is the SwiftUI entry point.
• Overlay/ — the borderless floating NSPanel that hosts the island.
• Models/ — value types (MediaTrack, NoteItem, etc.) and SettingsStore.
• Services/ — system integrations (media, audio, camera, clipboard, notes, shelf, hotkey, login item, notch metrics, hover/window positioning).
• ViewModels/ — IslandViewModel, the single source of UI state.
• Views/ — the SwiftUI island, feature tabs, and preferences.

License

Notchify is free and open source under the MIT License.