HatchtopA notch app for your Mac · macOS 14+
The notch, put to work.
Hover the camera notch and a panel springs out: music, meetings, a timer, the weather. If you code, a terminal, your AI agents, quotas and pull requests. 26 modules, the ones you turn on.
One payment · no subscription · no account
Every module
26 modules. Turn on the ones you use.
In Hatchtop Studio, switch modules on, drag them into the order you want, half on each side of the camera.
The modules
Hatchtop Studio
Your notch, your way.
Studio is where you set it up: which modules, in what order, the accent, the panel size, the shortcut. The preview updates live. Try it here.
- Opens on
- Hover, after 120 ms, or the shortcut
- Screens
- The notched one, the main one, or every screen
- Banners
- 5 seconds by default, each source on or off
- Feel
- Sounds and a trackpad tap on hover, both optional
Accent color
Plus a custom color of your own. Every mockup on this page follows your pick.
Open panel size
740 × 370 points
Keyboard shortcut
- ⌥⌘N
- ⌃⌥⌘T
- ⌥⌘E
- Off
It opens the notch and gives the keyboard to the module: the terminal, your notes. Press ⌥⌘N on this page.
For developers
Your scripts get a banner too.
One request to localhost and a banner drops out of the notch. End a build, a deploy or a test run with it.
- POST /notify
- Needs the X-Hatchtop header (any value). Port 47823, changeable in Studio.
- title
- The banner's first line. Plain text works too: the whole body becomes the title.
- message
- The second line. body and subtitle are accepted as well.
- source
- claude, codex, github, terminal… sets the default icon and color.
- accent, symbol
- A color role (good, warning, critical…) and an SF Symbol name.
- url
- Opened when you click the event in AI Agents.
curl -s -H 'X-Hatchtop: 1' \
-d '{"title":"Build done","message":"42 tests passed"}' \
http://127.0.0.1:47823/notifyWatch the top of this page.
On this page the banner is a preview. In the app, the same request comes from your own scripts. The API only listens on 127.0.0.1.
Private by design
No account. No Hatchtop server.
The only requests it makes
- GitHub
- Through the GitHub CLI (gh), for the GitHub module and its banners.
- api.anthropic.com
- Only if you turn on Claude subscription limits. Off by default.
- cursor.com
- Only if you turn on Cursor usage. Off by default.
- Open-Meteo
- For the Weather & Clocks module. No account.
- Your calendar links
- Only the iCal links you add yourself.
- Spotify
- To fetch the artwork of the track that's playing.
What stays on your Mac
- Claude Code usage
- Read from the logs already on your disk.
- Clipboard
- History kept in memory. Items password managers mark as concealed are skipped.
- Mirror
- The camera runs only while the module is open. Nothing is recorded.
- Local API
- Listens on 127.0.0.1 only, and needs its header.
In use
What people notice first.
“I stopped opening Music and Calendar. The next meeting and the song are just there, above the screen I'm already in.”
“The useful part is the permission banner. Claude asks, I allow or deny, and I never go hunting for the terminal.”
“AirPods connect, the timer stays visible, a call can be picked up from the notch. It feels like the menu bar finally grew up.”
“Quotas before I hit the wall, and a scratchpad that is always one hover away. I bought it the afternoon I installed the beta.”
Pricing
Pay once. Keep it.
A lifetime license for 1 Mac. No subscription, no account.
- Every module, the islands, banners and live activities
- Hatchtop Studio: modules, order, accent, panel size, shortcut
- Claude Code and ChatGPT hooks, with permission approvals
- The local API for your own scripts
Launch price · until December 31, 2026
$19$29
Prices in USD. macOS 14 Sonoma or later.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What do I need to run it?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Each module asks only for what it uses, the first time: Spotify or Music control, Calendar and Reminders, the camera, Bluetooth. Pull requests use the GitHub CLI: install gh and run gh auth login. Calls need Accessibility, which you grant. Messages needs Full Disk Access to read new messages and reply, or Accessibility to show them without a reply. Without those, calls and messages stay quiet.
Does it work on a Mac without a notch, or on an external display?
Yes. On screens without a notch, a virtual notch takes its place. In Studio you pick the screen with a notch or the main screen, or put a notch on every screen. A small menu bar icon is there too, and you can hide it.
Which AI tools does it work with?
Claude Code and ChatGPT (Codex) for live activity, finished replies and permission approvals, through hooks Studio installs and removes for you. For usage: Claude Code tokens and API-equivalent cost from local logs, Claude subscription limits if you turn them on, the Codex plan quota, and Cursor's monthly plan if you turn it on. Anything else can be a custom source: a shell command that prints JSON.
Is the dollar figure what I pay?
No. It's the API-equivalent cost of your Claude Code usage, computed with public API prices. On Pro or Max it isn't your bill, but it shows the order of magnitude of what you use.
Does my data leave my Mac?
There's no Hatchtop account and no Hatchtop server. The only network requests go to GitHub through gh, to Anthropic and Cursor if you turn on their limits, to Open-Meteo for the weather, to the calendar links you add, and to Spotify for album artwork. Clipboard history stays in memory. New messages are read on this Mac only: from the Messages database if you grant Full Disk Access, otherwise from the notification banner if you grant Accessibility. Replies go through the Messages app. Sender names come from Contacts if you allow it. Calls are read from the notification banner, and only if you grant Accessibility. The local API only listens on 127.0.0.1.
Are updates included?
Yes. One payment, and updates are included at no extra cost. When a new version is out, you get a download link by email.
How do I install it after buying?
After payment, you get a download link by email. Open the file, drag Hatchtop into Applications and launch it. There's no account to create, and each module asks for its permissions the first time you use it.
Can I get a refund?
Yes. You have 14 days from your purchase to ask for a full refund, with no need to give a reason. Just write to contact.hiko1@gmail.com.
How long does launch pricing last?
Until December 31, 2026. After that, the regular price is the price.
The whole list
Everything that's in it.
The modules, and the islands that show up on their own. Turn on what you use.
| Module | What it does | Group |
|---|---|---|
| 01MusicArtwork, play/pause, next track and progress for Spotify and Music. | Artwork, play/pause, next track and progress for Spotify and Music. | Essentials |
| 02ShelfDrop files on the notch, or paste a file, an image, a PDF or some text. Keep them close and send them with AirDrop. A click shows the file in Finder. | Drop files on the notch, or paste a file, an image, a PDF or some text. Keep them close and send them with AirDrop. A click shows the file in Finder. | Essentials |
| 03CalendarYour next meetings, a countdown and a Join button (Meet, Zoom, Teams). | Your next meetings, a countdown and a Join button (Meet, Zoom, Teams). | Essentials |
| 04TimerTimer and Pomodoro, with the time left shown beside the notch. | Timer and Pomodoro, with the time left shown beside the notch. | Essentials |
| 05TerminalSeveral shells, SSH hosts and favorite commands in one click. | Several shells, SSH hosts and favorite commands in one click. | Development |
| 06AI AgentsLive agents, approvals, and GitHub items waiting on you. | Live agents, approvals, and GitHub items waiting on you. | Development |
| 07AI UsageReal quotas for Claude, Codex and Cursor. The API cost stays on the session and the week. | Real quotas for Claude, Codex and Cursor. The API cost stays on the session and the week. | Development |