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Dev tools · June 11, 2020

Heads Down 👩‍💻

Auto-enable "Do not disturb" while coding or designing.

Heads Down 👩‍💻 launched on June 11, 2020 with 95 votes, #434 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

Heads Down detects your application of choice and automatically enables macOS's "Do Not Disturb" feature. It supports apps like VS Code, Figma, IntelliJ etc. 👉 Run in the background and let it manage DnD for you 👈

Auto-enable

HeadsDown detects your application of choice and automatically enables macOS's "Do Not Disturb" feature. HeadsDown is freely available and source code is on Github . Tested on macOS Catalinafrom thearea42.com

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