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Notchio 0.1.0 · for Windows 11
A notch
for Windows.
Notchio is a virtual notch for Windows 11. It sits on the top edge and shows one thing while it's closed: the time, a song, a timer. Rest the cursor on it and it opens. Media, calendar, weather, clipboard, files.
- Nothing to sign in to
- No API keys
- Tray icon, no taskbar button
- Stays on top
See it in motion.
A quick look at Notchio doing its thing: open the island, move between tools, and keep the useful parts close without getting in the way.
One thing on the pill.
Closed, it's a short pill, and it shows one thing. A running timer beats a song, a song beats a notice, a notice beats the clock. Long titles scroll, so you can read the whole line.
- Cycling on its own. Pick one to stop.
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Then it opens.
Hover for a beat and the pill becomes the island. Quick actions along the top, the tool you had open last, and a tray for the rest. You can move down to the tray without it snapping shut. Below is a copy at the real size. The tray along the bottom switches tools. The header and the tool itself stay still.
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- Hover
- Opens after 120 ms of rest, so sweeping past for a browser tab doesn't pop it.
- Leave
- Collapses about 110 ms later. The last tool stays selected.
- CtrlSpace
- Pins it open. Not to be confused with the padlock, which locks your PC.
- Scroll
- Cycles tools. On Weather, Calendar, Clock, Notes, or System, only those five.
- Drop
- Files dropped on the island go straight to File Tray.
- Esc
- Collapses immediately.
Three looks.
A first install opens on Classic. Halo and Deck are under Settings → Appearance → Theme. Switching back leaves Classic the way you left it.
Nineteen tools.
Fifteen live in the tray, four in the header. Hide any of them, or change the order, from Settings → Modules.
- Brightness moves every screen together: laptop panels, external monitors, and a fallback for anything that answers neither.
- Volume follows the default speaker, including when you switch to headphones.
- Cards for weather, now playing, CPU, the next event, unread notices, and the focus timer. Each one opens its tool.
- Spotify, the browser, VLC, anything Windows already knows is playing.
- Album art, a seek bar you can drag, shuffle, repeat, and volume.
- Lyrics follow the playhead with a short lead so they never lag the vocal, even while you scrub.
- Newest first, plus Notchio's own banners.
- Dismiss or Clear here also dismisses the matching Windows toast.
- A new toast can briefly take the collapsed pill.
- Feels-like, high and low, humidity, wind, and rain.
- IP geolocation by default, or pin your own coordinates.
- No key to paste in.
- Sync Google, Outlook, or iCloud through a private iCal link. Repeating, moved, and cancelled events all resolve.
- Teams, Meet, Zoom, Webex, GoTo, Whereby, Slack, and Jitsi links get a Join button that turns green ten minutes before.
- The collapsed notch counts down to a meeting from ten minutes out.
- Add, remove, and pin.
- Drag a note into any app to drop its text there.
- A short history line for CPU and memory.
- Temperature is read on this PC. A reading frozen for ten minutes is hidden, not faked.
- End any app with a visible window. Protected Windows processes are refused.
- Click a row to copy it back.
- Drag a row into Discord, Word, or a browser. Links arrive as links.
- Links and code-like snippets are classified.
- It's a real Windows file drag, so it works wherever a file from Explorer does.
- Convert images to JPEG, PNG, WebP, or PDF.
- Remove a background with a portrait model that runs on the PC.
- Google, DuckDuckGo, Perplexity, YouTube, GitHub, and a short list you saved.
- Select text and drag it into any app.
- Currency uses live rates when you're online.
- Built-in ones, or any app or https:// address you add.
- Records which app is in front and for how long. Nothing else.
- No keystrokes, screenshots, window contents, or website addresses.
- Export CSV or JSON, pause it, or clear it.
- Read in the background, so the numbers are current the moment you open it.
- Plan rings, model donuts, a seven-day chart, input versus output.
- Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini are read from their local logs. Nothing is uploaded.
- Focus for 5, 15, 25, or 45 minutes. A running timer takes the collapsed pill.
- London, New York, and Tokyo at a glance.
- The app you paste into renders it in its own emoji font.
- Closing the island turns the camera off.
- Opens Windows Bluetooth settings for pairing.
Coming soon.
A sharper set of tools for the moments that slow you down: writing, reading, file work, and staying safe online.
In the works
AI summary
Turn long pages, messages, and documents into the useful points at a glance.
In the works
AI screen read
Ask what is on screen and get the context you need, right from the notch.
In the works
Phishing website detection
Get a second opinion before you trust a suspicious link, sign-in page, or download.
In the works
Image resizer
Resize images for a message, upload, or post with the right dimensions in a few clicks.
In the works
PDF merger
Combine PDFs into one clean file without opening another heavyweight app.
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Your stuff stays
on this PC.
Orange means a microphone is open somewhere on the PC.
Green means a camera is. Both show up on the pill and in the header as soon as it happens.
| What | From | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Weather | A location you pin, or this network | No key to paste in. |
| Lyrics | The track that's playing | Looked up from the title and the length. |
| Playback | Windows | Read on this PC, from the media controls. |
| Calendars | A private calendar link | The link stays here. Only the host name is shown. |
| Tokens | Session logs on this PC | Read locally. Nothing is uploaded. |
| Screen time | The app in front | Which app, and for how long. No keystrokes, screenshots, or addresses. |
| Background removal | On this PC | The photo is processed here. |
Questions.
The ones that come up before you install it.
What is Notchio?
A small window that sits at the top of a Windows 11 screen, the way a notch would. Closed, it shows one thing: the time, a song, a timer, a notice. Rest the cursor on it and it opens into the tools.
Is this a Dynamic Island for Windows?
Same kind of idea. One island, always on top, that opens when you hover it. It's made for Windows 11. If the top edge is the wrong spot, drag it onto the taskbar or either side.
Do I need an account or an API key?
No. Weather and lyrics work without a key. If you want a calendar, you paste in a private link, and that link stays on the PC.
Will it cover what I'm doing?
With Smart placement on, maximising a window moves it into a free gap on the taskbar, off Start, your icons, and the clock. Fullscreen hides it. Clicks pass through unless you're on the island, and Alt+Tab skips it.
How much is it?
The first 50 licenses are $5. After that it's $15. One payment, for life, on one PC. The key is emailed after you pay.
What gets sent off this PC?
Screen time is only which app was in front, and for how long. Clipboard history, notes, and files stay on the machine. Weather can use your network's location, or coordinates you pin. Lyrics are looked up from the track title and how long it is.
Have a support, feedback, or feature request?
Lifetime, once.
The first 50 licenses are $5. After that, $15. One payment. It stays yours.
First 50 licenses
$5then $15
A lifetime license for $5, while the first 50 last. After that it is $15. Same key, same app.
5 / 5045 left at $5
Buy lifetime access- Lifetime. One payment, not a subscription.
- One Windows 11 PC. You can move it by deactivating.
- The key is emailed after you pay. No account to create.
Download.
The installer adds a tray icon. There is no taskbar button, and opening it again doesn't stack a second notch. Get it from the Store or as a direct EXE.
Get Notchio
Windows 11 · x64 · Direct EXE or Microsoft Store · Installing a newer website copy keeps the license already on this PC.