SlimHUD Alternative: HUDs That Belong in the Notch
SlimHUD makes the stock overlay thinner. Notchy retires it: volume, brightness, keyboard backlight, and battery become fluid islands on the notch, the native macOS HUD can be hidden entirely — including on macOS Tahoe, where Notchy handles the hardware keys itself — and interactive sliders let you scrub the level directly.
Why use Notchy instead of SlimHUD?
- Replace, don't restyle
Notchy suppresses the stock overlay and becomes your only HUD — Apple-style sliders, haptic feedback, and a look that matches the hardware notch it lives in.
- Works on macOS Tahoe
Where the system HUD moved into Control Center, Notchy taps the hardware volume and brightness keys directly, so behavior stays consistent across macOS versions.
- Interactive, not just visual
Hover a HUD to scrub volume or brightness with the cursor, switch audio output in one tap, and get every other Notchy tool free in the same app.
Everything Notchy does, for free
- Fluid Dynamic Island animations on the Mac notch
- Command palette (⌃⌥K) — every action one keystroke away
- Knock — double-tap a modifier key to open the notch
- AI usage tracker (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot)
- Detach any tab into a menu-bar popover
- Now Playing music controls (Apple Music & Spotify)
- Time-synced karaoke lyrics under the notch
- Mac clipboard history shelf (password-manager safe)
- Drag-and-drop file drop shelf — persists across relaunches
- Zip & unzip files right from the shelf
- Image converter (HEIC, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, PDF) + video → GIF
- Run Apple Shortcuts with one tap
- Screenshots auto-staged on the shelf, ready to drag
- Download finished alerts with Reveal in Finder
- USB drive mount island with one-tap Eject
- Apple Reminders quick capture & due list
- macOS Pomodoro notch timer & stopwatch — streaks + 7-day chart
- Resizable expanded panel (width & height, live preview)
- System HUDs (volume, brightness, battery)
- Audio output switcher (speakers, AirPods, monitor)
- AirPods connection manager & battery
- Magic Mouse, Keyboard & Trackpad battery + low-battery alerts
- Quick notes & Calendar widgets
- Camera Mirror (check your appearance)
- Keep Awake (caffeine toggle)
- Teleprompter (Cuely) for Zoom calls
- Focus-aware alerts & native haptic feedback
- Lock screen widgets & hide-the-notch mode
- 133 languages, fully localized
- Native SwiftUI, tuned for Apple Silicon