I built a private Mac vault that opens from the notch — losing my own API keys drove me to it 🔑
The problem that broke me: I was constantly losing my own stuff — an API key I'd pasted into some chat, my bank account number, an app description I wrote once. All scattered across browser tabs, Notes, and old AI conversations. Every lookup was a 30-second scavenger hunt, ten times a day.
So I built Cubby — a native macOS menu-bar app that keeps the little things you look up all day in named compartments you control ("Personal", "API Keys", "Bank").
How it works: hover the notch (or hit ⌘⇧Space) → a glass island drops from the top → type to filter → hit return → it's copied. About a second, start to finish.
What makes it different:
🗂️ Curated compartments, not a time-ordered clipboard history
✨ On-device AI smart-find — search by meaning, no exact words needed
🪄 Auto-organize on paste — it recognizes a Stripe key / card / PAN and files it for you
🔐 Secrets live in the macOS Keychain, masked until you reveal them
🛡️ 100% on-device — no accounts, no servers, no telemetry. Even the AI runs locally.
Native SwiftUI, signed & notarized, macOS 14+. Free to start (15 compartments); Lifetime is $49 — and I'm doing $29 for the first 500 with code FOUNDERS.
I'm launching soon and would genuinely love early feedback: what would make this a daily driver for you? What's the one thing you're always hunting for on your Mac? 🙏
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