ClaudeNotch

Your MacBook's notch tells you when Claude is down

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Your MacBook's notch tells you when Claude is down

26 followers

Free, open-source macOS menu bar app that watches status.claude.com. When an incident is published, a Dynamic-Island-style alert slides out of the MacBook notch showing exactly what's broken, and the screen edges pulse red. Hover the notch any time for live per-component status. Native Swift/SwiftUI, ~500 KB, no Electron, no analytics, MIT.

Launch tags:Developer Tools•GitHub•Menu Bar Apps

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Hi Product Hunt! I built ClaudeNotch after one too many "wait, is it me or is Claude down?" spirals. Instead of tabbing to status.claude.com, the MacBook notch itself answers: when an incident is published, a Dynamic-Island-style alert springs down showing what's broken, the screen edges pulse red (the flash even outlines the notch), and hovering the notch shows live per-component status any time. Fun detail: I built it with Claude Code — partly so I'd know when Claude Code itself is down. Free, MIT-licensed, native Swift (~500 KB, no Electron, no analytics). Would love feedback — especially from multi-monitor users and anyone who wants other status pages supported!

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2mo ago

Pazi

Using the MacBook notch for a Dynamic-Island-style Claude status alert is such a clever, lightweight idea, and open source too. Congrats on the launch!

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2mo ago

Maker

@zvonimir_sabljic1 Thanks Zvonimir, that means a lot coming from you. The notch felt like the only always visible piece of screen that nobody actually uses, so putting the alert there meant no extra UI at all. If you ever want to compare notes on open source distribution, I am up for it.

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1mo ago

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