Notchy

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.

At a glance

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