Perch
Shows what your coding agents are waiting for, in the notch.
About Perch
Perch lives in the notch and shows the state of Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode and pi sessions, whether they run in the Claude and Codex apps or in a terminal, and one key takes you back to a session. Permission requests from the Claude app and OpenCode can be answered from the notch. Live status is off until you turn it on; it then adds hooks to each tool's settings, backed up first and removed when you turn it off. Most of the interface is a web view inside a native app. MIT licensed and notarized; needs macOS 15 on Apple silicon.
Questions about Perch
Is Perch free?
Yes. Perch is free and open source under the MIT license. The source code is on GitHub at asafofer/perch.
Where can I download Perch for Mac?
Download Perch from the developer's website (perchapp.dev) and GitHub. MacWorthy links only to official sources.
What are good alternatives to Perch?
Other ai & automation apps for Mac worth a look are Hammerspoon (open source), Osaurus (open source), Agent Smith (open source) and BoxBox (free + pro).
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