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Cats Lock▲91
Lock your Mac keyboard so your cat can walk on it.
May 2026
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PawseKeys▲89
Shield your keyboard from kids and pets
Apr 2026
3
Pause▲99
A Mac app that reminds you to rest
2021
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HotkeyClash▲88
Find where your Mac keyboard shortcuts clash
Jun 2026
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Touch Bar Timer▲186
A little stopwatch for your Mac's touch bar
2018
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Command-Tab Plus▲248
Keyboard-centric application switcher for your Mac ⌘
2016
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Mac Pet▲134
A pixel pet for your menu bar or MacBook notch w/ Pomodoro
Apr 2026
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FunKey▲123
Mechanical Keyboard App
2023
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QuakPit▲241
Meeting reminders that actually make you smile.
May 2026
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Breaks▲118
A quiet Pomodoro that lives in your menu bar.
May 2026
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Paws for Trello▲353
A beautiful Mac & Windows app for Trello
2016
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HapticKey▲133
Trigger haptic feedback when tapping Touch Bar
2018
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Unclack for macOS▲240
Automatically mute your keyboard while typing
2021
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TabDog▲102
macOS menu bar app for managing browser tabs and apps
Jan 2026
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Mini stopwatch▲144
A mini stopwatch for your menu bar
2025
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RunCat▲158
Creatures living in your menubar
2019
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Wooshy▲106
Search the macOS UI and click with the keyboard
2022
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Key Click Pro▲108
Track mouse clicks & keystrokes in your macOS status bar
2023
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Hocus Focus▲304
A Mac menu bar utility that hides your inactive windows
2014
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Pawvis▲101
Control your Mac via camera & train gestures, local & FOSS
15d ago · pawvis.app
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Klack▲179
Satisfying sound with every keystroke
2025
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AudioPriorityBar▲217
Priority-based audio switching for macOS menu bar
Dec 2025
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Furwall – macOS menu bar app that blocks keys when your cat sits down▲8
Furwall is a tiny macOS menu bar app. While you're at the keyboard or mouse, the FaceTime camera looks for a human face or upper body. When it doesn't find one, the keyboard stops accepting input. Cat walks across your laptop, nothing happens to your code. Some notes: Apple's Vision framework runs locally. Video is processed in memory and never uploaded. On a block, Furwall saves one local JPEG to ~/.furwall/catpures/. A second Vision pass throws out anything that isn't a cat, so the daily count in the menu only reflects confirmed cats. There is now a folder on my disk that is…
May 2026 · olliewagner.com
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Away From Keyboard (AFK)▲152
Reduce eye strain with reminders to take a break
2018

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