Greendot
Stay green on Slack & Teams
Greendot launched on June 5, 2026 with 4 votes, #3,322 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
A tiny macOS menu bar app that keeps your availability dot green when you're working, and steps out of the way when you're not. No fake activity during calls. No mouse jiggling theater.
You step away to think. Slack puts a moon on you. Teams calls you idle. Discord says you ghosted. Greendot keeps your dot green while you're gone — and has the good sense to clock out at night, so you don't end up suspiciously green at 1 AM. Some of your best work happens away from the keyboard — reading, walking, sketching, staring at a wall. The dot doesn't know that. Greendot keeps it green so the next 1:1 is about your output, not about why you went yellow on a Wednesday afternoon. Dumb mouse-movers keep wiggling while you're presenting. Cursor jitters mid-demo. Cursor jumps during the Zoom. Greendot watches your mic and camera, so the moment you're on a call it shuts up — and nobody…from greendot.pego.dev
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