Productivity Toolkit
Free Mac Window Snapping — via the Notch
Drag a window up to the notch and snap zones bloom in the Dynamic Island — release to tile it. Notchy is the free Rectangle and Magnet alternative that turns the notch itself into your window manager.
The notch is the drop target
Instead of hunting screen edges or memorizing chord shortcuts, you drag toward the one landmark that's always in the same place — the notch. Zones for left, right, halves, and full screen appear right in the island.
Zero idle cost
Snapping is event-driven: nothing runs until a real window drag starts. Clicks, text selection, and in-app drags never wake it. Your battery never pays for a feature you aren't using.
Rectangle-style tiling, $0
Magnet is paid, Rectangle Pro is paid, Moom is paid. Notchy's window snapping ships free — alongside a clipboard manager, Pomodoro timer, and 40+ other tools.
Native and private
Pure SwiftUI, resizing through the same macOS Accessibility API the classic window managers use. No telemetry, no account, nothing leaves your Mac.
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)
- Searchable clipboard — filter by text, file name, or OCR'd words
- On-device OCR — copy a screenshot, get its text (Apple Vision)
- Window snapping — drag a window to the notch to tile it
- App Launcher — pin apps to the notch, open with one tap
- Text snippets — TextExpander-style pastes from the ⌘K palette
- One-tap screen capture to clipboard + shelf
- Color eyedropper — sample any pixel, hex auto-copied
- System-wide mic mute for every meeting app at once
- Keystroke HUD for demos & screencasts (secure-input safe)
- Keyboard cleaning lock with countdown island (⌘⎋ unlocks)
- Menu-bar icon hiding — Bartender-style separator & chevron
- Live CPU / memory / network stats flyout
- Open GitHub PR count in the notch (Keychain-stored token)
- iPhone-style call island — Answer/Decline FaceTime on the notch
- Notch Terminal — real VT100/xterm shell in a PTY, its own tab
- Privacy Indicator — pill when any app's camera or mic goes live
- Caps Lock HUD — brief island on every toggle
- Full Charge island with adjustable threshold + low-battery sound
- Alt HUD styles — edge-pinned bar or circular gauge off the notch
- Audio-reactive Now Playing visualizer (real FFT of system audio)
- Custom closed-notch idle animation — drop in your own Lottie JSON
- 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
Mac Window Snapping — FAQ
How do I snap windows on a Mac with Notchy?
Drag any window up toward the notch. A row of snap zones appears in the Dynamic Island — release the window over a zone to tile it left, right, into halves, or full screen. No keyboard shortcuts to memorize.
Is Notchy a good free alternative to Rectangle or Magnet?
Yes. Magnet costs money and Rectangle's power features are paid (Rectangle Pro). Notchy gives you drag-to-tile window snapping completely free — plus a clipboard manager, Pomodoro timer, and 40+ other tools in the same app.
Does window snapping slow my Mac down?
No. Detection is event-driven — Notchy does nothing until a drag actually moves a window, so the idle cost is zero. Clicks, text selection, and in-app drags never trigger the snap zones.
Does it need special permissions?
Window snapping uses macOS Accessibility to resize windows — the same permission Rectangle and Magnet use. Notchy asks once and everything stays local on your Mac.