MacOS 14+ · v0.1.1 BETA

A notch companion for your MacOS.

Noggin wraps the camera notch. Hover to peek, click for home, double-click for Canvas: overdue work, due today, and what’s coming, from any school that uses it.

Download for MacOS For students

Free · .dmg · Apple Silicon

Night mountains wallpaper
Idle Smile · Noggin
Thu 1:21 PM 68° 69%

Now playing

Idle Smile

Noggin · Spotify

1:242:18

Timer

25:00

Up next

Design review 2:30 PM
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v0.1.1·BETA

Good afternoon

Your Canvas

2 today
Due today 25 pts

Noggin Arcade

Three games. One smile.

The notch

Hover. Click. Double-click.

Hover

Peek

Live activity without opening anything. Music, timers, a little smile.

Click

Home

Modules you actually use: weather, calendar, clipboard, notes.

Double-click

Canvas

If your school uses Canvas, assignments land here. Overdue, due today, points.

Esc or click away to close. Noggin lives in the menu bar, not the Dock.

Canvas

School, without another tab.

If your college or university runs Canvas, Noggin already speaks it. Double-click the notch for overdue work, what’s due today, and what’s coming, with points, quizzes, and the course name. Click a row and it opens in your browser.

  • Works with Canvas schools across the US
  • Needs you · Due today · Coming up
  • Token lives in the Keychain on this MacOS

How to connect Canvas →

For students at

  • Evergreen Valley High School
  • Independence High School
  • Harvard
  • NYU
  • Valley Christian High School
  • Silver Creek High School
  • Pepperdine
  • UCLA
  • SJSU
  • UC Berkeley

Modules

Turn modules on. Leave the rest off.

Click a module to open its preview. Add and remove them in the notch →

Music PlayerNow playing, play bar, visualizer

Now playing

Idle Smile

Noggin · Spotify

1:242:18
TimerAny duration, or 5 / 15 / 25

Timer

25:00
World clocksPacific, New York, London

World clocks

Pacific1:21pm
New York4:21pm
London9:21pm
WeatherTemp, high/low, sunrise

Pacific

68° Partly cloudy H 74° L 55°
↑ 6:21 ↓ 7:48
CalendarNext event and reminder

Up next

Design review 2:30 PM
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SystemCPU, memory, disk, uptime

System

CPU12%
MEM41%
DISK128G
UP1d 4h
Wi-FiNetwork name and optional IP

Wi-Fi

Home 192.168.1.12
ClipboardLast 5 copies, tap to restore

Clipboard

https://yourschool.instructure.com
make run
A notch companion for MacOS
Scratch padA tiny note that stays

Scratch pad

Ship the download page tonight.

Quick actionsScreenshot, password, apps

Quick actions

nG7!kP2mQx

Keep awakeStop the display from sleeping

Focus

Keeping MacOS awake On
Daily lineOne line for the day

Today

Quiet is also progress.

BluetoothAirPods and other connections

Bluetooth

Ayaan’s AirPods Pro
Magic Keyboard
Eye strain20-20-20 breaks

Eyes

Watch for eye strain

Next break in 12m

MirrorFront camera in the notch

Mirror

Open camera preview Open
Find MyOpen Find My for devices and people

Find My

Open Find My Open
GamesNoggin Run, Flap, and Five Letter

Games

Noggin Run, Flap, Five Letter Play

Quiet is also progress.

Arcade

Three games. One smile.

A tiny arcade inside Noggin, for the minutes between things.

Noggin Run Leap the little notches
Noggin Flap Keep the smile flying
Five Letter Five letters, no daily limit

Get it

Download Noggin

MacOS 14 Sonoma or later. Apple Silicon. It appears in the menu bar, not the Dock.

Download Noggin.dmg
MacOS 14+ Free beta Not the App Store
  1. Open the disk image and drag Noggin to Applications.
  2. Open it. Noggin sits in the notch at the top of the screen.
  3. Allow Calendar and Location when asked, so weather and events can show.

This beta is not notarized yet. MacOS may say the app can’t be opened. Use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. See how →