NotchBar 1.2.2: Codex just works

Codex just works 🤝

• Codex shows up in the notch with zero setup. No more running /hooks and trusting entries by hand: NotchBar trusts its own hooks for you (only those, nothing else)
• Already on NotchBar and Codex never showed up? Update and it starts working on the next Codex chat
• Install Codex, Cursor or Claude Code later and NotchBar connects it on its own. Turned an agent off? It stays off
• The real Codex logo in the notch, the session list and the usage strip, crisp at every size

Update

On 1.0.6 or newer, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

104952253348b86ec12982dc85664fec2abf8109c3b6d0d045659f1871e2f487  NotchBar-1.2.2.dmg
b4832046bec4e41d63bcbf60474b64b973545ad66b67ae3a5b60ecadb491519f  NotchBar-1.2.2.zip

NotchBar 1.2.1: CI goes green on time

Small fixes, big vibes ✨

• CI no longer gets stuck on the last stage. When a run passes, the notch goes green right away, every stage included
• The notch notices CI finishing within seconds, not a minute later
• Your daily receipt and share posts now link to the NotchBar website, so friends land on the demo and the download button
• The website got new frosted glass feature cards and a live daily receipt you can print, tear and share

Update

On 1.0.6 or newer, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

395863410bd3baa796a46a556edaac9bc3101188f7016b3e1d92b28dc0c35140  NotchBar-1.2.1.dmg
f09d114ececb1590449a67d61f007831023da9c8adf4d37696dd9b95a866df53  NotchBar-1.2.1.zip

NotchBar 1.2.0: CI at a glance

Watch CI without opening the notch 👀

Your agent pushed. Now you can keep an eye on CI while you get on with your day.

• The closed notch now shows a live glimpse of every run: the GitHub mark, your project, a mini pipeline and a ticking timer
• A soft light sweeps across while CI works, so you can tell it's moving at a glance
• When an agent is busy too, a tiny GitHub mark sits next to its timer so you know CI is still going
• The CI timer now ticks every second and freezes the moment a run finishes
• Your agents still come first: approvals and questions always take over the notch
• The website got a glow up: new type, a word by word headline and a Mac that opens its lid

Built tougher

Every change to NotchBar now goes through a faster, stricter pipeline that finishes in about 2.5 minutes:

• Scans for leaked secrets, unsafe workflows and vulnerable dependencies
• Tests on macOS 14, 15, 26 and 27, with compiler warnings treated as errors
• Launches the packaged app on every one of those versions before it can ship

Update

On 1.0.6 or newer, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

2c187e1152d1c69d72bb6f52aa117e1563aab4e16d3e3d82c7c4ac8ac0d4b950  NotchBar-1.2.0.dmg
d66e013e455c0a7379af538ef879571aba877bed35a80ecf3b0b534997fbd719  NotchBar-1.2.0.zip

NotchBar 1.1.0: GitHub Actions in your notch

GitHub Actions in your notch 🚦

Your agent pushed. Now your notch watches CI.

• The moment an agent runs git push, the notch drops down with the GitHub mark and plays the pipeline live: Lint, Test, Package, all of it, stage by stage
• Matrix jobs fold into one stage (Test 2/3) and the step that's running shows underneath, like Package: Build DMG and zip
• Green? The stages light up one by one, a shine runs across, and you get all green in 4m 12s. ship it
• Red? You hear about it the second a job breaks. The banner names the job and the step (Test (macOS 14) broke at "Test"), the broken stage shakes, and one tap opens the run on GitHub
• Open the notch and a CI card sits under the session with the live pipeline, branch, commit and timer
• Slow CodeQL scans and Pages deploys never hold up the result, and pushes from a subfolder work too

Setup takes about 30 seconds

• Public repos: nothing to do
• Private repos: Settings › GitHub › Connect GitHub. Terminal opens, installs the GitHub CLI if you need it, and signs you in through your browser. NotchBar picks up the login by itself
• Already use gh? You're connected already

NotchBar borrows your gh login and never stores a token. Only the repo name and commit go to GitHub, and you can turn it off in Settings.

Also new

• Mochi is now smooth vector art, crisp on every screen
• New Featherweight section on the website with measured numbers: 19 MB of memory and about 0.3% CPU

Update

On 1.0.6 or newer, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

d35b5862d1f5221e1250bdb0bbf80675385f2be450734c7e41b59fc183ae8c0a  NotchBar-1.1.0.dmg
15c24408498399604cd613cbd005c419d97528ca53440b0a2284fcb123b097a2  NotchBar-1.1.0.zip

NotchBar 1.0.8: a cuter, cleaner pet

Meet the new kitty 🐱

• Your notch pet is now a round little kitty with pointy pink ears, rosy cheeks and a tiny tail
• Click it and it melts: heart eyes, a happy hop, a burst of pink hearts and a wink
• When a task finishes it gobbles the cookie, wags its tail and celebrates
• New little habits when it's chilling: bouncy hops, a tongue out blep, tail wags and a curious look around
• It yawns and stretches when it wakes up, and naps curled into a loaf with its tail tucked in
• Lighter than ever: the pet draws for almost nothing, and after a minute of napping it stops ticking completely

Update

On 1.0.6 or newer, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

5f96564e14235ce3793a19c3646c7bb3ffa9e2bd266b499cfb01e9d5d4431b0c  NotchBar-1.0.8.dmg
8563e68564f908514a0c4cafc188737c7596bbc27fb7f92336c8f188728b2ffd  NotchBar-1.0.8.zip

NotchBar 1.0.7: tour and Report a Problem

A tour, and a better way to tell us what broke 🛠️

• New here? Your pet now hosts a quick six step tour: connect your agents, try a sample approval, and meet the receipt
• Report a Problem in the gear menu writes the bug report for you, with your Mac and app details and a short activity log
• You see exactly what's shared before anything leaves your Mac. Never your prompts, commands, code or file paths
• If NotchBar ever crashes, it offers to report it on the next launch with the crash details attached
• Show Tour and Report a Problem are also in Settings

Update

On 1.0.6, NotchBar offers this update itself: tap the banner, then Update and restart. Older versions: quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so a fresh download asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

7ad61d82385289195eb4f3e24793c738cdf93a9f6ca54b3e0cd661abf6a144ff  NotchBar-1.0.7.dmg
b137e650590eeec58b9da42b50e0843e130a1d35916e95cc60dcc0fa02aa1389  NotchBar-1.0.7.zip

NotchBar 1.0.6: updates in one tap

Updates in one tap 🎁

• NotchBar now updates itself. When a new version is out, your pet shows up carrying a little gift
• A banner tells you what's new, and Update and restart installs it in a few seconds
• Every update is checked against GitHub's checksum and its code signature before it's installed
• After the restart, a banner shows what you just got
• Check for Updates in the gear menu, and an Updates section in Settings to turn daily checks off
• The only thing NotchBar ever asks the internet is "is there a new version?" once a day. Nothing about you or your code is sent

This is the last manual update

Install this one by hand. From now on, new versions arrive in the notch and install with one click.

Update

Quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications, replacing the old copy. Your hooks keep working.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so macOS asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

8ae4f86be94caf59195978f04228f2b1c7fe2258384c08a11b330eb4cdddb27d  NotchBar-1.0.6.dmg
16afbff38889a18bce9f99bbeec8dba418d868255cb33cc18e093123f09f2264  NotchBar-1.0.6.zip

NotchBar 1.0.5: your receipt, any time

Your receipt, any time 🧾

Your pet moved into the header 🐾

• Your pet now sits live in the notch header, next to + and the gear
• Click it any time, even while agents are busy, and it prints today's receipt
• A tiny scrap of paper peeks out of it when there's something new since you last looked
• Once an evening, after a real day of work, it tells you your receipt is ready. Tap the banner to see it
• Also in the gear menu as Today's Receipt
• Level up banners now open your pet and receipt too

Fixed: approvals that didn't open

• If an agent asked for permission while a banner was showing, the notch could stay banner sized. You saw a strip of code at the top of the screen instead of the approval card with Allow and Deny
• The card now always opens fully, and the notch double checks its size whenever it opens, closes or shows a banner

Update

Quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications, replacing the old copy. Your hooks keep working.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so macOS asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

66f2fe53ba46bb32df778e4b28d570c0546b81fc2cb25845ad83df84bebbba6c  NotchBar-1.0.5.dmg
3ae97f7a3d2804db623cbd2af0d29e07f489cc7a4d547d7534c57bdc49c0ce81  NotchBar-1.0.5.zip

NotchBar 1.0.4: your notch pet

Meet your notch pet 🐾

When nothing is running, NotchBar is no longer just a black pill. A tiny pixel pet lives in your notch now.

It's alive (kind of)

• It wanders around the notch, blinks, looks around and naps when things get quiet 💤
• Every time one of your agents finishes a task, a cookie drops in and it eats it 🍪
• On MacBooks with a notch it hangs out next to the camera and sometimes walks behind it to the other side

Your day, printed as a receipt 🧾

• Hover the notch while idle and today's receipt prints out of it line by line, with a little printer sound
• Time per agent, tasks shipped, files touched, lines, commands, tests, approvals, tokens and the API value of your day
• Every number comes from your agents' real activity. Rows with nothing in them stay off the receipt
• Each day gets its own barcode and a line that sums it up, like "1k+ lines. absolute cinema 🎬"
• Post it copies the receipt as an image and opens a post on X, just press ⌘V. You can also copy it or save it to your Desktop

It grows with you

• It starts as an egg and hatches on your first finished task 🐣
• It earns XP as you ship. Level 3 unlocks a sprout 🌱, level 6 headphones 🎧, level 10 a crown 👑
• Keep a 7 day streak going and it gets sunglasses 😎

Light on your Mac

• Animates at a few frames per second only while you can see it, and stops completely when your displays sleep
• Turn it off or give it a new name in Settings

Update

Quit NotchBar, open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications, replacing the old copy. Your hooks keep working.

First launch

NotchBar isn't notarized yet, so macOS asks once. Open System Settings, then Privacy & Security, and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

567bdb878a297f2d205bbfa597378c99851413b07f43c8490a0fda51c10d83c2  NotchBar-1.0.4.dmg
f1f034203a3fcd16c376748ebbeb8045844a586fd3e52884f0f0918f2a1142e4  NotchBar-1.0.4.zip

NotchBar 1.0.3

New

• Your next prompt actually reaches the agent. Type a follow up while the agent works and NotchBar hands it over the moment it finishes, in any terminal (Warp included), for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. When the agent is idle, it types straight into the right iTerm, Terminal or tmux tab.
• Live CPU, memory and SSD. One quiet row under your plan limits, accurate to Activity Monitor and Finder. The CPU bar shows how much your agents and their builds are using. Warns you before the disk fills up. Only samples while the notch is open.
• A calmer, more professional look. Grayscale by default, amber when something needs your approval, blue when it's your reply, red for danger, green for done. No gradients anywhere.
• Waiting that feels like an assistant. NotchBar shows the agent's actual question first, then friendly lines like "your move ✨" and "done cooking 🍳".

Fixed

• Status text could disappear when it changed while the notch was open.

Install / update: open the DMG and drag NotchBar into Applications, replacing the old copy. Requires macOS 14+, Apple Silicon or Intel.

This build isn't notarized yet. The first time, macOS says it can't be opened: go to System Settings › Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Checksums (SHA-256)

aae257bf1d62cbba616c30452f96d33971e2a2a3ab03ca0761559db670b59539  NotchBar-1.0.3.dmg
009348e95e35a5d1053692477ddd966d8ad7d16cddcca5ae923a88761e17acd5  NotchBar-1.0.3.zip