Whitespace.
See who already built your idea — and the space they left open.

CLUSTER WINDOWS-BAR-MACOS · 17 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-25

macOS window floating and pinning apps

This cluster consists of macOS menu bar utilities that pin, mirror, or float application windows and Quick Look previews as always-on-top overlays. The dated history before the index is too thin to read a shape from, with only two dated entries. Traction is led by fuwa (36 stars), followed by WandelBar (12 stars) and WaffleApple (1 star).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

MAR 2026: 1APR 2026: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 11OCT 2026: 3
MAR 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 ai-built · 15 unlabelled

Operator · 13 hobby · 2 indie · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 17 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01fuwa60★21 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that mirrors selected windows and Quick Look previews as always-on-top private overlays.
  2. 02android-app-runner53★27 days—hobbymacOS utility that runs Android apps as native windows while hiding the phone frame and system bars.
  3. 03HoverEnhance2★1 dayliveindiemacOS menu bar app that shows full-size image, video, and file previews when the cursor rests on links or files in apps and Finder.
  4. 04quickLookPin2★24 days—hobbyMenu-bar app that turns macOS Quick Look previews into independent always-on-top windows for reading while continuing to browse Finder.
  5. 05MenuPiP7★3 moliveai-builtindieMenu bar app that floats any window as an always-on-top picture-in-picture overlay with region capture and opacity control.
  6. 06shade-5★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu-bar app that detects installed native Metal games and applies post-processing effects via a click-through overlay.
  7. 07ontop1★23 days—hobbymacOS app that displays a live preview of a reference window above other apps with click-through for always-visible reference while working.
  8. 08mission-control-labels3★27 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that displays the window title and app name on every window in Mission Control for easier identification.
  9. 09FloatMac1★1 molivehobbymacOS menu bar app that keeps chosen windows floating above other apps, including fullscreen spaces, by mirroring live windows onto an overlay.
  10. 10MacPins0★23 days—hobbymacOS menu-bar utility that keeps selected windows visible above other apps, like a picture-in-picture for any window.
  11. 11Eyes-Only0★10 days—macOS menu-bar app that hides selected windows and browser tabs from screenshots, recordings, and screen sharing while keeping them visible on screen.
  12. 12Drape0★24 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that hides sensitive apps and covers notifications during screen sharing to protect privacy.
  13. 13beckon0★11 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that displays Claude Code permission prompts and questions as overlay cards over fullscreen apps so users can respond without switching windows.
  14. 14Tick0★24 days—hobbyFloating macOS checklist app that keeps aviation-style procedure checklists and reference values visible above other windows.
  15. 15full-float-pip10★2 mo—ai-builtBrowser extension that creates always-on-top floating video windows above fullscreen macOS apps, for watching videos while working.
  16. 16PresentGuard1★1 mo—hobbymacOS presentation app that keeps private windows off the projector by showing only allowlisted apps and freezing unapproved screens.
  17. 17face-desktop-guard0★1 mo—hobbymacOS menu bar utility that counts faces with the camera and automatically shows the desktop or locks the screen when configured thresholds are met.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.