Mirror detects background macOS apps that deliberately hide from Activity Monitor. It exposes stealth tools like Interview Coder, Cluely, Hiding AI, and similar apps designed to stay invisible giving you full visibility and control over what’s really running on your Mac.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I’m Abdulbasit, the maker of Mirror.
Mirror was built after noticing a growing class of macOS apps that deliberately hide from Activity Monitor — often without users fully realizing what’s running in the background. Some tools are useful, others questionable, but invisibility removes user choice.
Mirror gives that choice back.
It surfaces hidden background apps, including stealth tools that intentionally avoid detection, so you can clearly see what’s actually running on your Mac.
It’s:
* 🕵️♂️ Focused on transparency, not fear
* 🔒 Privacy-respecting and fully local
* 🧩 Open source, so you can verify how it works
I’d love feedback from builders, security folks, and macOS power users:
* What hidden apps surprised you the most?
* What detection signals should we add next?
Thanks for checking it out — happy to answer any questions!
About Mirror on Product Hunt
“Detect hidden apps on MacOS”
Mirror launched on Product Hunt on December 16th, 2025 and earned 167 upvotes and 16 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. Mirror detects background macOS apps that deliberately hide from Activity Monitor. It exposes stealth tools like Interview Coder, Cluely, Hiding AI, and similar apps designed to stay invisible giving you full visibility and control over what’s really running on your Mac.
On the analytics side, Mirror competes within Open Source, Developer Tools, GitHub and Security — topics that collectively have 623.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Mirror performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Mirror?
Mirror was hunted by Abdulbasit Ajaga. 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 Mirror including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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