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Life & fun · July 29, 2026

ConTess

Control your Tesla from your Mac

ConTess launched on July 29, 2026 with 2 votes.

What it does

A native macOS app for Tesla owners: menu-bar status, one-click controls, charging costs and battery health. One-time purchase, no subscription, no servers.

Stay connected to your Tesla without picking up your phone. Monitor, control, and understand your car directly from your Mac . Live vehicle status in the menu bar. Wall Connector integration with charging and battery health insights. Servers of ours between you and your car. ConTess uses your own Tesla developer credentials, and signs every command on your Mac. A background logger records trips and charges whenever your Mac is awake, app open or not, and never wakes the car to do it. One-time purchase. You own the app, the data and the connection. Most third-party Tesla apps route your credentials and vehicle data through servers they own and charge you monthly for the privilege. ConTess…from contess.app

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