Launching today
AccountyCat
A focus companion that actually gets context
47 followers
A focus companion that actually gets context
47 followers
AccountyCat is a focus companion for macOS that reads context instead of blocking lists. It sits in your menu bar, sees your active app and window title (and a screenshot only when needed), then quietly nudges when you drift. Sometimes YouTube is procrastination, sometimes it's the tutorial — AC tells the difference. Runs fully on-device with Qwen via llama.cpp, or with your own OpenRouter key. Open source, auditable, private. Interrupting legitimate work is treated as a bug.
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Congrats on the launch, Jonas! 😸 I came across this by chance and visited your website. I have tried many distraction blocking apps and they didn't work much. I would get calls or there would be something or the other. So, I'll unblock the apps and it totally beats the purpose of it.
Your Accounty Cat seems cool but I have a question. You've mentioned on your website that screenshots are analysed and discarded. I have to follow strict privacy policies at work. Is there a way that I can enable Accounty Cat for only certain apps and not my whole system?
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@archanaa11
Hey Archanaa! Thank you so much for your comment, I am glad AC could be helpful to you!
A possible quick fix: If you add an allow rule for those apps, AC willl never check them.
Screenshots can be disabled globally, but disabling them for certain apps is actually a good idea. I will add this to the backlog.
I will also look into AC being only enabled for certain apps, that also seems like a great suggestion, thank you for the feedback!
so cuteee.. I wish it existed for Linux as well :|
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@ashishkingdom Thank you so much! 🐾 Glad you like the vibe!
Right now, it's macOS-only because it relies pretty heavily on native macOS APIs to understand the active window context. Tracking that on Linux (especially with Wayland/X11 differences) is a whole different puzzle.
That said, AccountyCat is 100% open-source! I’d absolutely love it if a Linux developer wanted to jump in, collaborate, or fork it to bring the cat to Linux. The repo is open for contributions!
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I just shipped a small free test run for AccountyCat, a macOS focus companion that helps notice when you drift without blocking the tools you actually need. I’m looking for honest early feedback: use code ACFIRST during setup for a zero-cost $0.50 cloud-AI trial, usually enough to properly try it out. Download, paste the code, grant permissions, and you’re in: https://accountycat.com
Tell me what helped, what felt annoying, and what would make you keep using it.