Say it, and it's on your calendar
Tap the mic and say what's happening. You get a draft to edit first, and nothing reaches your calendar until you click Save.
Supplier call tomorrow at 3 PM
- Title
- Supplier call
- Time
- Tomorrow, 15:00
Built for the Mac notch · First release coming soon
Your day,
Your day,
in the notch.
Hover over the notch to see world clocks, unread chats, your next 30 days and system status. Move away and it's gone.
Apple Silicon · macOS 14 or later
Move your pointer to the notch
New York
09:41
London
14:41
Dubai
17:41
Hong Kong
22:41
Tokyo
23:41
Sydney
00:41
Messages
- Slack12
- Discord3
- WhatsApp–
- TelegramNot running
Agenda
Design review
Supplier call
- Tomorrow
Dentist
Quarterly budget sync
- Thursday
Family dinner
System
86%
↓2.4 MB/s310 KB/s↑
CPUEP18%
MemoryNormal
Disk412 GB free
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Sample data · Move your pointer away and it closes, just like on your Mac
Features
What you check all day, one hover away.
No switching windows. Glance, move your pointer away, and get back to work.
World clocks
Up to eight beside the notch, with day and night at a glance. Search by city and drag to reorder.
- New York
- London
- Tokyo
Unread chats
Pick your chat apps and see their badge counts. NotchDash never reads the messages themselves.
- Slack12
- Discord3
Your next 30 days
Events in order and scrollable, with the next one highlighted. Deleting one always asks you first.
System status
Battery, network, memory pressure and disk on one card, with a live bar for every CPU core.
CPU18%
MemoryNormal
Jump straight to your work
Open Chrome windows, recent Obsidian vaults and recent folders are one click away.
ObsidianWork NotesReading
FoldersDownloadsProjects
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External displays too
No notch? Hover at the top center of the screen. The layout adapts to each display.
Install
One command. About a minute.
Paste the command into Terminal
NotchDash installs to the Applications folder in your home directory. No admin password needed.
Allow what you want to use
Setup explains each permission. Skip any of them and the other modules keep working.
Hover over the notch
The dashboard opens. Choose your chat apps, clocks and background in Settings.
$ curl -fsSL https://notchdash-1259346289.cos.eu-frankfurt.myqcloud.com/install.sh | bash
Available with the first public release
What the installer does. It downloads NotchDash, checks the files and the publisher signature, and stops if either check fails. To read the script first, run the command without | bash.
Pricing
Free to start. Pay once for Pro.
Free
$0
- World clocks and unread chats
- Your next 30 days
- System status
- Chrome, Obsidian and folder shortcuts
- In-app updates
Pro
$9.90 one-time
- Everything in Free
- Voice-to-calendar drafts
- Add your own OpenAI or Qwen API key to fill in the date and time automatically
- No key? Your words are transcribed on your Mac and you set the time yourself
Secure checkout by Paddle
Permissions
What it asks for, and what leaves your Mac.
NotchDash needs four macOS permissions, each for a specific feature. Without an API key, nothing below goes online.
We don't use your data.
NotchDash has no account, no analytics and no server of ours in the path, so we never see your voice, calendar or chats. If you add an API key, your request goes straight from your Mac to the model provider you chose and to no one else. That provider's privacy policy applies.
PermissionUsed forSent over the internet?
Accessibility
Asked during setupReads unread badges from the Dock and menu bar, and switches Chrome and Obsidian windows. It doesn't read your messages.
No
Stays on your Mac.
Calendars
Asked during setupShows your next 30 days, and saves or deletes events after you confirm.
No
Your calendar is never sent anywhere.
Microphone
Asked the first time you tap the micRecords what you say, only after you tap the mic.
Only with your API key
Stays on your Mac unless you add a speech-model API key. Recordings then go to the provider you chose. You can turn upload off in Settings.
Speech Recognition
Asked the first time you tap the micTurns your speech into text on your Mac.
Only with your API key
With a text-model key, that one sentence, plus the current time and time zone, goes to the model you chose.
API keys are stored in macOS Keychain. The only other network request is the automatic update check, which sends none of this data. You can turn off any permission in System Settings.
FAQ
Before you install.
Do you collect or use my data?
No. We never see your voice, calendar or chats. The only place your words can go is the model provider you choose, and only if you add your own API key.
Which Macs are supported?
Macs with Apple Silicon running macOS 14 or later. Intel Macs aren't supported.
Does it work without a notch?
Yes. Hover at the top center of the screen and the dashboard opens the same way.
What languages does it support?
The interface comes in English and Chinese. It follows your Mac's language, or you can pick one in Settings.
Can it read my chats?
No. The Accessibility permission reads unread badges from the Dock and menu bar and switches Chrome and Obsidian windows.
Do voice events save automatically?
No. You get a draft first, where you can change the title and time. It's saved only when you click Save.
How do updates work?
NotchDash checks about once a day and installs only when you choose Check for Updates in the menu bar. It verifies the files, publisher signature and version first, and tries to restore the previous version if an update fails.
How do I uninstall it?
Turn off Launch at Login in Settings, quit from the menu bar, then delete NotchDash from the Applications folder in your home directory.
Is it open source?
The free version is licensed under GPL-3.0. The source will be published with the first release.