Show DEV: I built a free macOS app to control Spotify Web player directly from the Notch

Hey DEV community! 👋

Like many of you, I listen to music while coding all day. However, I got tired of constantly switching browser tabs just to skip a track or see what song is currently playing on the Spotify Web Player.

So, I decided to build a lightweight tool for macOS called NotchTune.

What is NotchTune?

NotchTune is a minimal, native macOS app that transforms your screen notch (or top menu bar area) into a dynamic control widget for Spotify Web.

It stays hidden until you need it and provides a clean, native UI inspired by macOS design principles.

✨ Key Features

• Notch Integration: Fits seamlessly around the MacBook notch.
• Real-time Track Info: Displays current song title, artist name, and album artwork.
• Playback Controls: Play, pause, skip, and progress bar tracking without leaving your workspace.
• Lightweight & Native: Built purely with SwiftUI and tailored for low resource consumption.

Tech Stack

• Language: Swift
• UI Framework: SwiftUI
• Platform: macOS

Looking for Feedback & Contributors!

This is the initial 1.0 release, and I'm actively looking for feedback from the developer community.

I’d love to hear your thoughts! If you want to test it out, report a bug, or even contribute to the codebase (feature requests, UI tweaks, etc.), check out the repository below:

GitHub Repository: blessedlab/NotchTune

If you like the project, a ⭐ on GitHub would mean the world to me!

Thanks for reading.

Comments

[Ben Halpern]

Neat

[Seif Ahmed]

Super great 👍!

Because your work is high-level, I starred the repo on GitHub

[Seif Ahmed]

Did you build a windows version so I can try it?

[Daniel Gidrewicz]

It's built natively in swift so I can not compile it for windows its only runs on apple devices, but in future maybe I will make similar project for windows

[Seif Ahmed]

Thanks for your answer.