Bnot

Claude Code, live in your notch.

Every session, every worktree — one glance, one keystroke away.

bnot.app · Chrome extension

Bnot turns your MacBook's notch into mission control for Claude Code. Every running session, every worktree you've ever spun up, every pending approval — all alive in a panel that lives where your eyes already are. No more hunting through terminal tabs to find the agent waiting on you. No more re-typing git worktree add to remember where that half-finished refactor went. No more guessing how close you are to blowing the context window.

One glance — you know. One keystroke — you're back in the code.

_{Sessions, worktrees, and approvals — one keystroke away.}

• Live session radar — auto-detects every running Claude Code session via process scanning and hook integration. Zero setup.
• Worktrees, always at your fingertips — a dedicated tab lists every worktree you've spun up, ranked by the one you touched most recently. Live sessions get an Active badge. Dormant ones are one keystroke away from a fresh terminal.
• Keyboard-first panel — ←/→ flip between Sessions and Worktrees, ↑/↓ pick a row, Enter opens it, Esc collapses. No mouse required.
• One-keystroke jump or spawn — hit Enter on a live worktree, Bnot jumps straight to its terminal tab. Hit Enter on a dormant one, Bnot spawns claude there for you.
• Exact context window readout — token counts pulled from the source of truth, not estimated. Auto-compact window respected. You'll see the wall before you hit it.
• Approve from the notch — Claude's permission requests show up with diff previews. Approve, deny, or allow-always without leaving the notch.
• Plan-mode aware — sessions in plan mode show an animated PLAN badge, so you know when Claude is drafting vs. executing.
• Answer questions instantly — AskUserQuestion prompts render inline, with multi-select checkboxes and step-by-step flows for multi-question asks. No context switch.
• Worktree-first PRs — the optional Chrome extension adds an "Open in worktree" button on GitHub PR pages that spins up a git worktree and opens it in your terminal.
• A bnot per session — deterministic pixel-art character (color, hat, ears) hashed from your repo + branch, with its color auto-synced to the Claude Code tab via /color. The notch and your terminal match at a glance.
• Usage & health at a glance — settings menu surfaces your Claude 5h/7d quota with reset time, hook health with one-click repair, and a check-for-updates button.
• Knows when to rest — idle detection puts the bnot to sleep with a gentle Zzz animation when nothing's running.

Bnot is optimized for Claude Code running in Ghostty. iTerm and Warp work, with reduced fidelity for tab/pane jumping.

1. Download the latest .dmg from the Releases page.
2. Open it and drag Bnot.app to /Applications.
3. Launch Bnot.

Bnot auto-updates in the background — new releases install on next launch, or you can trigger a check from the settings menu.

pnpm install
pnpm build

Produces a .app bundle in apps/desktop/target/release/bundle/.

CGEvent keyboard injection (for terminal tab jumping) requires macOS Accessibility permission. The OS will prompt on first use.

pnpm install
pnpm dev

Requires macOS 14+, Rust, Node.js 22+, and pnpm (npm install -g pnpm).

Tauri v2 (Rust) + React 19 + Tailwind v4 on the front, a Node.js sidecar and a small Rust CLI bridge on the back. Architecture details, IPC protocol, and internals are in CLAUDE.md.

Bnot is inspired by vibeisland.app — go check it out.

Source Available — free to use, modify, and share. Cannot be resold or offered as a competing commercial product.