Nock

What it does

A native notch and top bar for Windows (with a Linux preview), written in Rust. About 1 MB, about 0% CPU when idle, no Electron. Free and MIT licensed. The demo on this page is playable.

Most desktop widgets ship a whole browser to draw a few pixels. Nock is plain Rust. Direct2D draws it, and it only redraws when something changes. Figures are from the project README, measured on one PC. Typical Electron apps use hundreds of MB, but this isn't a benchmark against any specific app. Check yours in Task Manager, Details, nock.exe. From any app. Type the task, hit Enter, and the notch closes again. Two seconds. Try it on this page with the same keys. A buddy lives on your top bar. Every few minutes the cast acts out a short scene, a Friday deploy gone wrong, a meeting stuck on mute, a cricket six. Between scenes nothing runs. You can turn all of it off. Other notch apps for…from nock.akhileshvarute.me

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