NotchTape

A macOS menu bar app that turns the space around your notch into a passive information feed.

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What it does

NotchTape displays scrolling information in your menu bar — HackerNews headlines on the left, stock movements on the right. Passive information absorption without context switching.

Installation

Requirements: macOS 14.5 or later

1. Download NotchTape.zip from Releases
2. Unzip and drag NotchTape.app to your Applications folder
3. Launch NotchTape from Applications or Spotlight

Can't open the app?

Run this in Terminal:

xattr -cr /Applications/NotchTape.app

Then double-click to open. If you still get a warning, right-click the app → Open → Open.

(Apple requires $99/year to sign apps and remove this step.)

Configuration

Right-click the menu bar icon (✦) → Settings to customize:

• Market Indices — Add/remove indices like ^GSPC (S&P 500), ^DJI (Dow Jones), ^IXIC (NASDAQ), ^VIX
• Stock Tickers — Add/remove individual stocks like AAPL, TSLA, NVDA

The display rotates through your indices and stocks in pages of 4. Click any ticker to see related news.

Development

Built with Swift and Tuist.

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/s23h/NotchTape.git
cd NotchTape/src/

# Install tuist (if needed)
brew tap tuist/tuist && brew install --formula tuist

# Install dependencies & build
tuist install && tuist build

# Open in Xcode
tuist generate

Credits

Fork of navtoj/NotchBar by @navtoj — customized for HackerNews + stock tracking.

License

AGPL-3.0 — same as the original project.