A shelf for files
Drag anything onto the notch and it stays there. Drag it back out into Mail, Finder, a chat window — wherever it was going next.
Your notch is empty.
Put something in it.
Cubby is a little creature living in your Mac's notch. Hover to peek, drop a file to stash it, control your music without leaving what you're doing.
macOS 14 or later · Apple silicon & Intel · nothing to set up
Drag files here
they stay within reach — drag them out anywhere you like
0 files
25:00
Focus
0 sessions done
Track title
Artist
Hover the black bar — or drop a file on it
This is the real behaviour, running in your browser. Drop a file on the bar and it lands on the shelf — nothing leaves this page.
All of Cubby in 23 seconds — sound on.
What lives in there
Four things, done properly.
No dashboard, no widget zoo. Cubby does what you actually reach for at the top of the screen.
Music, one glance away
Apple Music: artwork, play/pause, skip, and a scrubber that actually follows your finger. No app switch, no Now Playing detour.
Side pins
Closed, the notch grows ears: cover art and play/pause, or the Pomodoro countdown while it runs. Pin the tab you want, or let Cubby choose.
A focus timer in the notch
Set your durations and start a session. When a phase ends, the notch opens by itself; the next one starts when you say so. Install it from the Marketplace in Settings.
FreeNo account, no subscription.
OpenEvery line of it is on GitHub.
QuietNo Dock icon, no window in the way.
NativeBuilt for macOS, not a web page.
No notch on your Mac? Cubby draws its own — a small strip at the top-center of the screen that behaves exactly the same.
Install
Two minutes, one folder.
Download it, drop it in Applications, and the notch is yours. There is nothing else to configure.
Rather build it yourself? The steps are in the README.
1
Download Cubby
Grab the latest .dmg from the releases page.
2
Drag it into Applications
Then open it — Cubby appears as a small face in the menu bar, never in the Dock.
3
Let macOS open it
On the first launch only, macOS asks for a confirmation: System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway.
Coming next
More to put in it.
Files, Music and Pomodoro are in. New panels install from the Marketplace in Settings — here is what is next in line.
Weather
plannedCurrent weather at a glance.
Spotify
plannedYour Spotify, right next to Apple Music.
Agenda
plannedYour next event, always visible.
Give the black bar a job.
Free, open source, and out of your way.