A MacOS panic button where one key press cleans your screen
NothingHere is a macOS panic button. One hotkey, three things happen at once: 1. All windows disappear — every app gets hidden instantly 2. All sound goes silent — music, videos, everything mutes 3. A cover document opens — your pre-configured "real work" file Your screen goes from "definitely not working" to "hard at work" in milliseconds. Guard Mode sits in your menu bar — when armed, you're always one key press from a clean screen. Free, open source, ~5.9 MB. macOS 15.0+.
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built NothingHere because we've all had that moment — someone walks up behind you and your screen is… not work-appropriate. Maybe it's a YouTube rabbit hole, maybe it's online shopping, maybe it's just Reddit. The frantic ⌘H, ⌘M, scramble-to-click-something dance never works fast enough.
So I made a single hotkey that does everything at once: hides all windows, kills the sound, and opens a boring-looking document. Done in milliseconds.
The latest feature is Guard Mode — it sits in your menu bar like a little cat standing guard. When it's armed, you're always one key press away from a clean screen.
It's completely free and open source. I'd love to hear your feedback and feature ideas!
