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Cyclop is a native macOS SwiftUI/AppKit utility that turns the MacBook notch into a hover-activated panel. It provides media controls for players and browser tabs visible to macOS, a drag-and-drop file shelf, clipboard history, reusable text snippets, calendar entries with meeting join buttons, offline English–Russian translation using macOS facilities, a teleprompter, and scratch notes. The panel unfolds when the pointer reaches the notch and collapses when it leaves; it can also open automatically during file dragging and remain open while a teleprompter script scrolls. The project is distributed as free, open-source software with no external dependencies, requires macOS 15 or newer, and needs one permission granted during first launch.

mirador is an open-source terminal dashboard built with Rust and ratatui for keeping in a terminal tab and glancing at throughout the day. It provides configurable panels for world clocks, a calendar and agenda, weather, an editable task list, notes, a market watchlist, a calculator, RSS news feeds, and live CPU and network charts; panels can be enabled, rearranged, focused, and edited through keyboard controls. Tasks, notes, and the watchlist are stored as hand-editable TOML files rather than in a database or sync service. The dashboard uses keyless public endpoints for weather and market data and configurable RSS feeds for news; the project states that it requires no account, API key, or telemetry and does not contact external services unless requested.

Vorssaint is a free, open-source Swift/SwiftUI macOS menu bar toolkit that combines utilities including per-application volume and audio controls, output and microphone switching, system monitoring, network statistics, app and window switching, window snapping, Dock previews, clipboard history, text snippets, file staging, screen capture, display and energy controls, media tools, cleaning, and app removal. It is modular: users can install or remove complete features, with removed features stopping loading while retaining their settings for later reinstallation. The toolkit also provides configurable shortcuts, panels, a command bar, and optional bundles for common setups. Vorssaint runs locally without an account, analytics, tracking, subscription, or required network service; its volume mixer requires no audio driver or setup, and selected features request only the relevant macOS permissions, including accessibility, screen recording, audio recording, microphone, camera, calendars, notifications, and disk access.

macTilt is a native macOS application that renders a 3D clamshell-fold animation as a MacBook lid closes. It reads the lid angle sensor and uses the live display, wallpaper, or other captured desktop content as the folding surface; the image remains fixed in space while the screen hardware moves through it, progressively blurring and fading to black. When the lid is open, the overlay is hidden and click-through, with no stated CPU or GPU activity. On Macs with a continuous lid-angle sensor, the animation follows the hinge angle directly; on machines with only a binary clamshell switch, it plays a time-based opening animation with an adjustable duration. The app uses Metal shaders, is written in Swift, supports Apple silicon and Intel Macs running macOS 14 or later, and requires Screen Recording permission to capture the desktop. It can also provide an interactive preview on desktop Macs, while external-display clamshell mode suppresses the hinge animation.

Window Sweaters is a macOS menu-bar app that decorates windows with knitted borders. Its menu-bar controls provide style, pattern, border-width, stitch-size, pause, and quit options; the By App mode assigns hand-picked colourways and custom patterns to supported applications, while Zigzag uses a matching pattern with each app's colour. Applications without a custom sweater receive a consistent colour selected from their name. The app supports macOS 13 or later on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, is distributed through Homebrew, GitHub releases, or a local build, and requires Accessibility permission to track the focused window. It uses private macOS window APIs, is not yet notarized by Apple, and is released under GPL-3.0.