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Desktop utilities

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67 listings in Desktop utilities

  • afm-server

    github.com

    A macOS menu bar app that exposes Apple's on-device Foundation Models through OpenAI- and Ollama-compatible local API endpoints, so nothing leaves the machine.

  • Ambient Context

    ambientcontext.app

    A macOS menu bar app that quietly logs what you read and work on all day into local Markdown files, then turns that record into a cited knowledge base and daily summary for an AI assistant.

  • BagIdea Office

    bagidea.github.io

    A desktop-wallpaper visualization that renders your running Claude Code agents as pixel-art office workers, walking to desks, asking permission before risky actions, and holding meetings that can turn into proposals you approve or reject.

  • Omni

    hanxiao.io

    A native macOS app that indexes text, code, PDFs, images, audio and video into one vector space for semantic search across a Mac's entire local filesystem, running fully on-device with no network connection required.

  • A Raycast extension that connects to a local or remote Ollama server for chat, quick writing-assistance commands, image understanding and model management, directly from Raycast's launcher.

  • Snip

    snipit.dev

    A menu-bar screenshot and annotation app for macOS and Linux that also gives AI coding agents a visual mode, rendering diagrams and previews for a user to review and annotate on screen.

  • codexU

    shanggqm.github.io

    A macOS menu bar and desktop app, with a new Windows Tauri build, that tracks OpenAI Codex and Claude Code quota windows, token usage, today's tasks and a locally computed AI usage score.

  • A Windows desktop app that shows a DeepSeek API account's balance, monthly spend, and token usage by model, adapted from a macOS menu-bar tool of the same purpose.

  • coding-plan-assistant

    chromewebstore.google.com

    coding-plan-assistant is a browser extension and macOS menu-bar app that tracks AI subscription plans and token usage across several Chinese AI platforms and surfaces deals, reviews and AI news.

  • CSSwitch

    github.com

    A macOS menu-bar app that routes the Claude Science desktop client to a third-party model API, such as DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, Kimi, MiniMax or any OpenAI- or Anthropic-compatible endpoint, and can switch back to the official Claude account at any time.

  • A one-click theme and skin switcher for the OpenAI Codex Desktop app on macOS and Windows, applying a custom look through Chrome DevTools Protocol injection without modifying the application itself.

  • OpenClip

    getopenclip.app

    OpenClip is an open-source macOS menu-bar utility that pops up contextual actions for selected text, such as copy, transform, calculation and AI-assisted writing, and supports custom extensions in JavaScript, AppleScript or shell.

  • LockIME

    github.com

    A macOS menu-bar app that keeps a chosen keyboard input source locked, re-applying it whenever it drifts, with separate rules per app, per website, or a global default.

  • HermesPet

    hermespet.cc

    HermesPet is a native macOS menu-bar companion that puts several AI chat and coding-agent sessions, including Claude Code, Codex, QwenCode and Kimi, into one control panel, showing each session's connection state and execution steps at a glance.

  • Claude Status Bar is a small macOS menu bar app that shows Claude Code's live status: an animated icon while it's thinking or running a tool, a dot when it needs your permission, and the elapsed time of the current turn.

  • MacPacker

    macpacker.app

    A free, open-source archive manager for macOS that opens more than forty archive, disk-image, and compression formats, letting you browse and preview contents, including nested archives, without extracting them.

  • WhichSpace

    github.com

    A macOS menu bar utility that shows which virtual desktop Space is active and lets you switch, move windows, and customize how Spaces are displayed across multiple screens.

  • A free, open-source tool that extracts a user's own local chat history from AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Aider and Cline into one normalized JSONL format.

  • DS4 Control

    github.com

    A signed macOS menu-bar app that launches, supervises and monitors a local DeepSeek V4 or V4.1 inference server, downloading model weights and gating launches by a Mac's available RAM.

  • SiliconScope

    siliconscope.calidalab.ai

    A sudoless Apple Silicon system monitor with a native SwiftUI dashboard and menu bar suite that tracks the Neural Engine, Media Engine and memory bandwidth alongside CPU and GPU metrics.

  • Ping Island

    erha19.github.io

    Ping Island is a macOS menu-bar app that shows the status of your AI coding-agent sessions in a Dynamic-Island-style popup, lets you answer a waiting agent's question, and jumps you back to the right terminal or IDE window.

  • MacTools

    mactools.ggbond.app

    A free, open-source collection of native macOS menu bar tools with a plugin marketplace, letting users build custom panels, automation workflows and system status widgets.

  • burrow

    burrow.computer

    A free, open-source native Mac system-maintenance app for junk cleanup, app uninstalling, duplicate finding, and disk analysis, with a built-in MCP server so AI agents can query and clean the system with consent.

  • ClaudeBar

    tddworks.github.io

    A macOS menu bar app that tracks how much of your AI coding quota remains across many providers, including Claude, Codex, Gemini, Copilot and Cursor, with reset countdowns and low-quota alerts.