Isly turns the MacBook notch into a living control center: music from any app with cover art and scrubber, live timers and calendar events, clean volume/brightness readouts, and more - all without leaving your workflow. Light on resources (≈0.2% CPU idle, ~49 MB RAM), smooth animations, and a one-time €3.99 license with free updates. For macOS 14+ with a notch.
I’m Jan-Marlon, the maker behind Isly. I got tired of the notch sitting there doing nothing while I switched between apps to check my calendar, control music, or start a timer.
I tried a few other notch apps. They were either too expensive or didn’t feel native enough. So I built my own, combining what I liked and cutting the rest.
Isly lives in your notch and shows music controls with cover art, running timers, calendar events, and volume and brightness readouts. Everything’s always visible and one click away. It stays light on resources (around 0.2% CPU when idle, ~49 MB RAM) and feels like part of macOS, without extra windows or menu bar clutter.
I built this because I wanted my MacBook to feel more alive without adding more UI overhead. The notch is perfect for quick, glanceable info.
Next, I’m working on more extensions - Claude Code sessions, system stats, and whatever else you’d want to see in the notch. Seriously, I’d love your feedback on what belongs there.
You can try Isly free for 3 days, then it’s a one-time €3.99.
About Isly on Product Hunt
“Your MacBook notch, brought to life.”
Isly launched on Product Hunt on October 10th, 2026 and earned 61 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #34 on the daily leaderboard. Isly turns the MacBook notch into a living control center: music from any app with cover art and scrubber, live timers and calendar events, clean volume/brightness readouts, and more - all without leaving your workflow. Light on resources (≈0.2% CPU idle, ~49 MB RAM), smooth animations, and a one-time €3.99 license with free updates. For macOS 14+ with a notch.
On the analytics side, Isly competes within Mac and Productivity — topics that collectively have 767.4k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Isly performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Isly?
Isly was hunted by Jan-Marlon Leibl. 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 Isly including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Jan-Marlon Leibl