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↑Blipbar goes up there, around your camera.

A tiny status bar for everything you keep checking.

Blipbar lives in your MacBook's notch and shows your AI usage, agents, deploys, sales, and more.

It's free and runs on macOS 15 or later. On a Mac without a notch, Blipbar draws one.

Everyone's notch looks different

Customize your Blipbar to suit your needs.

Approve an agent's commands

When Claude Code or Codex wants to run a command, it drops down with Approve and Deny. Claude and ChatGPT plan limits can sit beside the notch, with their reset times.

Today's sales

The notch shows today's revenue and how it compares with yesterday at the same time. When a new customer pays, it drops down to tell you.

Drop a file on the notch

Drag a photo onto the notch to turn it into a JPEG, or two PDFs to merge them. Videos can be shrunk or made into a GIF the same way.

A deploy, step by step

A project you watch shows its build, then production, with the time left. If a build fails, you can redeploy it from the notch.

When each thing shows up

Pick one of three rules for each thing you add.

Also in the notch

Here are a few favorites. Open the notch to find the rest.

Anyone can build an integration

Integrations are small TypeScript extensions, and you can share yours as a .blipbar file that anyone can install. These come with Blipbar:

Build your ownJoin the Discord

What do you keep checking?

Pick what you'd want, then hover the notch to open it.

Dress Pip

Pip is a pixel friend who lives in the notch and reacts to the rest of it. It works while an agent works and puts headphones on while music plays.

Before you download

Who makes it?

I'm Sarim, a solo developer working on Blipbar. I built it because I was tired of checking my AI usage via /usage or opening the app. Follow Blipbar on X at @blipbarapp.

How is it different from other notch apps?

Most notch apps show what's playing and hold files you drop on them, and Blipbar does both. It's mostly for the things you keep checking, like AI usage or a deploy, and anyone can build an integration for something new.

Where do I report a bug or ask for something?

Post it in the Discord.

Is it really free?

Yes. Everything that runs on your Mac is free, and nothing free now will become paid. Later I'll add a paid plan for things that need a server, like keeping two Macs in sync.

Where do my API keys go?

Into the Mac's Keychain. Blipbar talks to services like Stripe and GitHub straight from your Mac, and there's no account to make.

Will it drain my battery?

It shouldn't. At rest, Blipbar and its extensions use about a fifth of a percent of one CPU core.

Benchmark
ProcessAverage CPUMemory
Blipbar0.06%37 MB
Node (extensions)0.14%58 MB

What if my Mac doesn't have a notch?

Blipbar draws a small black one at the top of the screen, and it works the same way.

Try it for a day

Download for Mac

It's free and needs macOS 15 or later.