QuakPit
Meeting reminders that actually make you smile.
QuakPit launched on May 26, 2026 with 241 votes, #98 of 20,538 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches.
What it does
Quakpit is a macOS menu bar app that connects to your calendar and sends an animal-piloted plane flying across your screen before your meetings start. A duck, a dinosaur, a pigeon, a capybara, or a dog, your choice, cruises across your display towing a banner with your meeting name and how long you have left. Hard to ignore. Impossible to hate. Free to download & open source. Connect your calendar, pick your animal, never miss a meeting.
Quakpit is a tiny desktop app: a duck in a plane flies across your screen towing a banner that reminds you of your next meeting. Free for macOS (Windows coming soon). Zero data, no servers.
A little duck in a plane flies across your screen — above every app — towing a banner that reminds you of your next meeting. Synced automatically from your calendar. First launch: open System Settings → Privacy & Security → "Open Anyway" (not Apple-signed yet). Set it up once. Then forget it — the duck shows up on its own. Paste any iCal/ICS link (no login) or sign in to Apple iCloud — read-only, straight from your machine. Google & Outlook are on the way. Pick your character and plane colour, a banner theme and your message, plus a 5- or 10-minute heads-up. Right on time, the plane crosses above every app with your message — and your character's little sound. A grey toast in the corner for…from quakpit.app
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