Heads-up - Your Mac speaks up when Claude Code or Codex needs you
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Heads-up speaks a short line on your Mac when Claude Code or Codex finishes a task or needs your review, input or approval. It stays quiet on a call, in Focus or away from home. 20 alerts in 7 voices, no key needed. Free and open source, by Brand Bakery.
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Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Abhishek, and I run Brand Bakery, a small studio in India. Most days I have seven or eight Claude Code threads going at once, and I kept stepping away and coming back to find one of them had been waiting on me for ages. A review, an approval, a quick yes or no.
So we built Heads-up. When Claude Code or Codex finishes or needs you, your Mac says it out loud: "Hello. I need your review." You hear it from the kitchen.
A few things that mattered to us:
• It stays quiet when you're on a call, in a Focus mode, away from home or in quiet hours, and while you type if you switch that on.
• It's gentle on your ears. It never turns speakers up past 90%, keeps headphones at 50% or lower, and puts your volume back after.
• 20 alerts in 7 voices (American, British, Australian and Indian) work with no key and no account.
• Add your own ElevenLabs or Sarvam key and it says which project is calling and exactly what Claude needs, in its own words.
• Everything runs on your Mac. No telemetry, and keys stay in the macOS Keychain.
It's free and open source. Install with one line: `npx headsup-mcp install`
It's Mac only for now. Voices made with ElevenLabs, Indian voices powered by Sarvam.
What would you want your Mac to say when your agent needs you?