A quiet, continuous news/media ticker for your Mac desktop
FeedsBar streams high-signal headlines across your Mac desktop in a slim, always-on ticker, fed by the Signal 500: 500 sources hand-scored on editorial quality and ad restraint. Topic orbs reduce a cluster of headlines to three phrases. Play music and the ticker re-tunes to that artist. Add your own feeds and symbols, or send it full-screen as an ambient board. Native macOS, no account, no tracking. 7-day free trial, then $24.99 once, no subscription.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built FeedsBar (feeds.bar) because standard feed readers, news aggregators, and browser tabs constantly demand active attention and break flow state with endless notifications.
FeedsBar takes a completely ambient approach—and adds a dynamic music connection to your desktop: the ticker reacts to what you are listening to.
When music is playing on your Mac, FeedsBar detects the track/artist and brings relevant stories, background context, and related culture news straight to your ticker. It turns your background listening into an ambient information stream.
Why it's built differently:
🎵 Music-Reactive Signal: Detects your currently playing audio and surfaces relevant stories and artist updates live.
📺 Always-On Desktop Ticker: Sits discreetly above your Dock or below the menu bar without floating popups or noisy popups.
🔮 Smart Orbs: Reads the broader topic, not just raw headlines, condensing live news cycles into 3 key phrases.
📡 Flexible Feeds: Combine curated bundles (Tech, Finance, VC, Culture, Science) with your own RSS, Reddit, and YouTube feeds.
🖥️ Signal Board Mode: Turn an unused monitor into an ambient wall display where cards update quietly.
🔒 One-Time Purchase: Native macOS utility with zero tracking, no accounts, and $24.99 pay-once pricing.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the music integration and what features or feeds you'd like to see added next!
About FeedsBar on Product Hunt
“A quiet, continuous news/media ticker for your Mac desktop”
FeedsBar launched on Product Hunt on September 22nd, 2026 and earned 73 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #27 on the daily leaderboard. FeedsBar streams high-signal headlines across your Mac desktop in a slim, always-on ticker, fed by the Signal 500: 500 sources hand-scored on editorial quality and ad restraint. Topic orbs reduce a cluster of headlines to three phrases. Play music and the ticker re-tunes to that artist. Add your own feeds and symbols, or send it full-screen as an ambient board. Native macOS, no account, no tracking. 7-day free trial, then $24.99 once, no subscription.
On the analytics side, FeedsBar competes within Mac, Productivity and News — topics that collectively have 802k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how FeedsBar performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted FeedsBar?
FeedsBar was hunted by Graeme Chard. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of FeedsBar including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Graeme Chard