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SideGlass

Everything that matters.At the edge of your Mac.

A slim rail at the edge of your screen. Move your mouse over it, and music, events, tasks, builds and notes open as a card. No switching windows. No searching.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later · English and German

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Orbit— ContentView.swift
Orbit
App
Model
Services
Views
ContentView
PlayerView
NotesView
SettingsView
Resources
Tests
1struct ContentView: View {
2 let model: AppModel
3
4 var body: some View {
5 HStack(spacing: 0) {
6 Rail(model: model)
7 if let module = model.selected {
8 ModuleCard(module)
9 .transition(.move(edge: .trailing))
10 }
11 }
12 .background(.ultraThinMaterial)
13 .animation(.spring, value: model.selected)
14 }
15}
Position
Glass
Icons

Try it: hover over the rail, click to pin a card, press Escape to close it.

Get the highlights.

Your next meeting, up front. Join Zoom, Teams, Meet or Webex in one click.

The temperature, right in the icon. The next 12 hours and 5 days, one move away.

Your Mac, live. CPU, memory, network and battery. The ring in the icon warns you under heavy load.

World time at a glance. An analog face, the calendar week and world clocks with time offsets.

Dark or light. Colour or mono. Glass from Clear to Solid, with an ambient glow in the module's colour.

How it works

One move.
No switching windows.

SideGlass sits at the edge of your screen – left, right, or at the top beneath the menu bar. It takes no space away and is there the moment you need it.

01

Hover to open

Move to the edge and the card glides out. SideGlass never brings a window forward or steals your focus.

02

Click to pin

A click keeps the card open while you keep working. Hovering still switches between modules instantly.

esc

03

Gone when you want

Click again, click elsewhere or press Escape – and the rail is just a slim strip at the edge again.

Apple Music & Spotify

Your music.
Without hunting for the app.

Artwork, title and controls, one move away. The rail icon shows the artwork, and a tiny equalizer dances while music plays.

Apple Music
Moonlight
Aurel
Still Waters
0:48-2:36
Up Next
Copper & Glass · Neon Harbor
4:11
Spotify
Sunstream
Lumen Club
Summer House
0:48 / 3:41
Up Next
Northern Lights · Kiri
4:05

Three looks. Artwork, Vinyl with a spinning record, and Compact.

Up Next. From the current playlist, with artist and length.

Beneath the notch. At the top of a MacBook, a mini player fills the gap.

Spotify, too. The same player in Spotify green – and each one can hide while its app is closed.

For developers

Your agents, PRs and builds.
Always in the corner of your eye.

A terminal with Claude Code and Codex, your local servers, pull requests from GitHub and builds from Xcode Cloud. The icon tells you when something needs your attention.

Terminal

Claude Code
Ready
~/Developer/orbit ❯ claude
Start Claude
Start Codex

GitHub

YOU
Your account
@you · 2 organizations
Reviews
2
My PRs
3
Review requested
Window stays put after a display change
orbit #482 · 30 min ago
New translations for the settings
website #87 · 2 hr ago
My pull requests
Spotify module in Spotify green
orbit #479 · 10 min ago
Bear editor with Markdown
orbit #475 Draft · yesterday
New comments
lea 15 min ago
Looks great – the transition on track changes is spot on.

Xcode Cloud

1 build running
3 products · 1 workflow failing
Running
Orbit · Release
#128 · main · Prepare version 2.3
Build – macOS2:31
Test – macOS0 %
Archive – macOSwaiting
Latest build per workflow
Petch · Pull Requests
#127 · PR #889 · 1 hr ago · 14:02
3 tests 2
Orbit · Nightly
#126 · main · yesterday · 22:10
Website · Deploy
#41 · main · 3 hr ago · 4:05

Terminal with agents. A real login shell. While Claude Code or Codex runs, the icon shows Working, Needs input or Done – even with the card closed.

GitHub without a tab. Review requests, your own and assigned PRs, open PRs across your organizations, CI status, comments and commits. With a token or the GitHub CLI.

Xcode Cloud at a glance. Every product on your account through the App Store Connect API. A ring shows running builds, red a failing workflow.

Write & plan

Notes and tasks,
edited right there.

Bear notes open in an editor that styles Markdown as you type – just like Bear. Tick off tasks from Todoist and Reminders with a click.

Bear

Notes Saved
# Weekly plan
## This week

Notes with **bold**, *italic* and ==highlights==.

> Less is more.

See concept #sidebar #launch

Click [ ] to tick off

Todoist

3 / 6
Daily goal
tomorrow 9am #Orbit p1
Overdue
Today
Upcoming

Styled as you type. Headings, bold, italic, highlights, tasks and tags – saved as plain Markdown.

Nothing overwritten. If the note changed in Bear meanwhile, SideGlass asks first.

Todoist, complete. Daily goal, quick add in Todoist's own syntax, and undo.

No account needed. Apple Notes, Calendar and Reminders, straight from your Mac.

Modules

21 modules.
Your call.

Turn on what you need, reorder with drag and drop and leave the rest out – hidden modules wait in a group of their own. Every module has its own settings.

Plan your day

Calendar

Your current or next event up front, the agenda below – or the next 5 days, 1 or 2 weeks or a month, grouped by day. Join Zoom, Teams, Meet or Webex in one click.

Reminders

Overdue and due today, straight from your lists. Ticking one off writes back to Reminders.

Contacts

Favourites side by side at the top, then search, birthdays and everyone else. Call, message, FaceTime or mail in one click.

TodoistPlus

Daily goal, quick add in Todoist's own syntax, overdue, today, upcoming and inbox – with undo.

Notes

Your three newest notes, full-text search and a field for a quick note – read notes without opening the app.

BearPlus

List, search and an editor that styles Markdown as you type – just like Bear. Tick off tasks with a click.

Info and media

Apple Music

Artwork, vinyl or compact. Up Next from your playlist and a mini player beneath the notch.

Spotify

The same player as for Apple Music, with artwork, progress and controls.

Weather

Temperature in the icon, the next 12 hours, 5 days, wind and sun times. No account, rounded location.

StocksPlus

Shares, indices, currencies and crypto with the day's line and change. A click opens chart and figures; the icon shows your first symbol's day.

Clock

An analog face as the icon, calendar week and world clocks with time offsets.

RSSPlus

RSS and Atom, with images or as text. The badge counts unread entries; read them right in the card.

Batteries

Like the macOS widget: rings or a list for Mac, AirPods, case and Magic accessories. The icon warns when one runs low.

Tools

TerminalPro

A real login shell. Start Claude Code or Codex – the icon shows whether the agent is working or waiting for you.

LocalhostPro

Every dev server on your Mac – npm run dev, Vite, Next.js, Django, Rails. Restart runs the original command again; a click shows network address, Git branch, memory and CPU.

GitHubPro

Review requests, your own and assigned PRs, open PRs across your organizations, CI status, comments and commits.

Xcode CloudPro

Every product on your account. Running builds with their steps; failing workflows show up in the icon right away.

Assistant1Plus

Chat with Apple Intelligence on device. “Summarize my day” brings along your events and tasks.

ShelfPlus

Drop files on the icon, drag or copy them out later. Only bookmarks are stored.

SystemPlus

Live tiles with history, per-core bars and network. The ring in the icon warns you under heavy load.

Calculator

Order of operations, exact decimals and percent like in Calculator. Type on the keyboard, copy the result with a click.

Design

Built like a piece of macOS.
Tuned like yours.

One shared glass surface, a damped spring for every move and content that appears in sequence. And almost everything can be adjusted.

Left
Top
Right

Left, right or top

At the top the rail sits centered beneath the menu bar – like a notch, with the card opening downwards.

Four sizes

Rail and card sized separately: Small, Default, Large and Extra Large.

Glass your way

From Clear to Solid. With a light edge and ambient glow in the module's colour.

Colour or monochrome

Monochrome also takes the colour out of artwork and status marks. Icon backgrounds and badges can be turned off.

Spacing and width

Icon spacing in four steps, Notes and Bear in three card widths.

Haptics and calm

A tangible snap on Force Touch trackpads. “Reduce motion” and “Reduce transparency” are respected.

  • Multiple displays
  • Mini player beneath the notch
  • Spinning record while playing
  • Light and dark

Privacy

Your data is yours.
Period.

SideGlass shows what's already on your Mac. What goes out is up to you – module by module.

Stays on your Mac

SideGlass reads Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Notes, Music, Spotify, Bear and the shelf right on your Mac. No account with us, no cloud in between.

Keys in the keychain

Access for Todoist, GitHub, Bear and Xcode Cloud lives in your Mac's keychain – nowhere else.

Only what you connect

SideGlass only talks to the services you turn on. Stocks sends nothing but your watchlist's symbols to Yahoo Finance. The assistant uses Apple's on-device model; Private Cloud Compute only if you allow it.

Weather without precise location

For the forecast, only coordinates rounded to about one kilometre go to Open-Meteo – or a fixed place you choose.

Which plan is right for you?

Try every module for 14 days – no account, no payment details. Then pick the plan that fits, monthly or yearly.

SideGlass Basic

Your day at a glance

€1.99 per month

Cancel any month

Choose Basic

Includes

  • Calendar
  • Reminders
  • Contacts
  • Notes
  • Apple Music
  • Spotify
  • Weather
  • Clock
  • Batteries
  • Calculator

Recommended

SideGlass Plus

Your services, your Mac and the assistant

€4.99 per month

Cancel any month

Choose Plus

Everything in SideGlass Basic, plus

  • Todoist
  • Bear
  • RSS
  • Stocks
  • System
  • Shelf
  • Assistant

SideGlass Pro

Tools for developers

€8.99 per month

Cancel any month

Choose Pro

Everything in SideGlass Plus, plus

  • Terminal
  • GitHub
  • Xcode Cloud
  • Localhost

Every plan includes

  • 14-day trial with every module
  • All updates while subscribed
  • English and German
  • Signed and notarized by Apple

Payments are handled securely by Lemon Squeezy, including invoices and VAT. Switch plans or cancel any time in the customer portal.

Questions? Answers.

What does SideGlass need to run?

macOS 14 Sonoma or later. The assistant with Apple's language model additionally needs macOS 26, Apple silicon and Apple Intelligence turned on – every other module runs without.

Which permissions does SideGlass need?

Only those of the modules you turn on: Calendar, Reminders and Contacts, control of Music, Spotify and Notes, and location for the weather (or a fixed place). SideGlass asks only when you connect a module.

Does SideGlass launch apps on its own?

No. Hovering never starts Music or Spotify, and SideGlass only asks Bear while Bear is running. Only Notes may be opened invisibly in the background if you want – and you can turn that off.

Does SideGlass work with multiple displays?

Yes. Pick the display in the settings. If it's disconnected, the rail moves to the main display for the time being.

Why isn't SideGlass on the App Store?

The terminal with Claude Code and Codex needs access the App Sandbox doesn't allow. So SideGlass comes directly from us – signed with Developer ID and notarized by Apple.

Can I try SideGlass first?

Yes. For the first 14 days every module is open – no account, no payment details. After that, the modules of your plan stay open; the others wait with a lock and keep their settings.

Which plan do I need?

Basic (€1.99 a month) covers the apps on your Mac: Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Notes, Apple Music, Spotify, Weather, Clock, Batteries and Calculator. Plus (€4.99) adds Todoist, Bear, RSS, Stocks, the system monitor, the shelf and the assistant. Pro (€8.99) adds the developer tools: the terminal with Claude Code and Codex, Localhost for your local servers, GitHub and Xcode Cloud.

How do I manage my subscription?

Through Lemon Squeezy's customer portal: switch plans, change your payment method, download invoices or cancel. You'll find the link in your confirmation email and in SideGlass under Settings › Subscription.

Can I use SideGlass on more than one Mac?

A license key works on one Mac at a time. To switch, sign out the old Mac under Settings › Subscription and enter your key on the new one.

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Get SideGlass and keep everything that matters at the edge of your Mac.

macOS 14 Sonoma or later