doing-now

A lightweight macOS floating app that keeps your current task visible at all times.

Overview

Trigger a global shortcut to display what you're working on right now. The bubble is click-through by default, so it never gets in your way.

╔══════════════════════╗
║  Pinned to top-left  ║
║  ┌──────────────┐    ║
║  │ Design review │   ║
║  └──────────────┘    ║
║   (click-through)    ║
╚══════════════════════╝

Download

Visit senri1101.github.io/notch-now and click the download button. Drag notch-now.app into your Applications folder.

Note: The app is not code-signed or notarized. macOS will show a "damaged" error on first launch. Remove the quarantine attribute with Terminal, then open normally:

xattr -cr ~/Downloads/notch-now.app

Usage

Action	Effect
⌥ ⌘ Space (once)	Briefly highlight the bubble
⌥ ⌘ Space (double-tap)	Enter edit mode
Enter	Save and close
Escape	Cancel edit

• Text is capped at 20 characters
• Displays "Now" when empty
• Text is persisted to localStorage automatically

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js
• Rust
• Tauri prerequisites (macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools)

Setup

npm install

Run (dev mode)

npm run tauri dev

Build

npm run tauri build

TODO

• E1: Code Signing & Notarization The app is currently unsigned; macOS Gatekeeper will show a warning on first launch. After joining the Apple Developer Program, configure bundle.macOS.signingIdentity and bundle.macOS.notarize in tauri.conf.json. See: Tauri - Sign macOS apps

Tech Stack

• Tauri 2 — Rust-based desktop app framework
• TypeScript + Vite — frontend
• Rust — backend (global shortcut, window management)