DynamicNotch

The native Dynamic Island and notch experience for macOS.

DynamicNotch is a native macOS app for notched MacBooks that turns the notch into a live system surface for media, downloads, AirDrop, timers, screen recording, connectivity events, lock-screen transitions, and custom hardware HUDs.

🎯 Highlights

• Live Activities: Now Playing (media control, album artwork, audio visualizer, customizable progress bar tint style), Downloads progress, AirDrop, Timer, Screen Recording indicator, Focus mode, Personal Hotspot, and Lock Screen media/live activity surfaces.

• Temporary Alerts: Interactive HUD status for battery charging, low/full battery, Bluetooth connections, Wi-Fi, VPN, Focus-off toggling, and notch size modification settings feedback.

• Gestures & Swipe Controls: Native interactive gestures including mouse drag, trackpad swipes, vertical swipe-to-dismiss/restore with adaptive corner radii and swipe-aware blur, and horizontal trackpad/mouse scroll-to-dismiss.

• Fluid Physics Animations: True-to-life replication of the iOS Dynamic Island's motion design, featuring responsive physics-based spring animations, jelly-like morphing transitions, and synchronized content interpolation that matches the stretch, squash, and elastic behavior of Apple's implementation.

• Dynamic Island (Floating Capsule): Automatic support for devices without a physical hardware notch (e.g. non-notched MacBooks, iMac, Mac mini, or external monitors). Transitions to a floating capsule shape (DynamicIslandShape) when topInset == 0, utilizing dynamic, smooth corner radius transitions.

💻 Preview

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Note: This gallery displays only a selection of the events, live activities, and temporary alerts supported by DynamicNotch. Many other states, animations, and system transitions are supported.

📦 Installation

1. Download the latest DMG from the Releases page.
2. Drag DynamicNotch into Applications.
3. Launch the app.
4. Grant the permissions needed for the features you want to use.
5. If macOS blocks the first launch, allow it from System Settings > Privacy & Security.

🛠️ Build From Source

git clone https://github.com/jackson-storm/DynamicNotch.git
cd DynamicNotch
open DynamicNotch.xcodeproj

Then run the DynamicNotch scheme from Xcode. Swift Package Manager dependencies are resolved by the project.

💖 Support

Without your support, the project will not be able to develop. If you would like to support the project, you can do so via:

• USDT (TRC-20): TWYo42HQNuXSA5gmVoVV1973ScPqCtduvA

• USDT (ERC-20): 0xd3261630d7EC2484A3fcf5315f194B58834ab891

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🤝 Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following open-source projects and services that make DynamicNotch possible:

• Lottie for iOS — for rendering premium, smooth vector animations.
• LRCLIB — for providing the main engine for synchronized lyrics search.
• Lyrics.ovh — for serving as a fallback database for static song lyrics.
• mediaremote-adapter — for MediaRemote API integration.

📄 License

DynamicNotch is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0. See LICENSE for details.