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DotQuit is an open-source, lightweight macOS menu bar utility written natively in Swift. Closing an app's last window on macOS often leaves it idling in memory. DotQuit solves this by gracefully quitting apps when their last window closes. • Native Swift with ~19MB RAM footprint • AXObserver-based gentle termination (no force-kill) • Customizable app whitelist • Apple Notarized & open source (GPLv3)
Hey hunters! 👋
I built DotQuit because of a classic macOS quirk that always bugged me: closing the last window of an app doesn't actually quit it. Over the course of a workday, you end up with dozens of inactive apps idling in the Dock and background memory.
Existing legacy tools were either abandoned, heavy, or closed-source. I wanted something dead-simple, reliable, and respectful of system resources.
DotQuit is built with pure Swift, consumes only ~19MB RAM, and lets you whitelist apps that you actually want to keep open in the background (like music players or messengers). It's fully open source under GPLv3.
Would love to get your feedback and thoughts! 🚀
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About DotQuit on Product Hunt
“Quit macOS apps when their last window closes”
DotQuit was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 9 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #67 on the daily leaderboard. DotQuit is an open-source, lightweight macOS menu bar utility written natively in Swift. Closing an app's last window on macOS often leaves it idling in memory. DotQuit solves this by gracefully quitting apps when their last window closes. • Native Swift with ~19MB RAM footprint • AXObserver-based gentle termination (no force-kill) • Customizable app whitelist • Apple Notarized & open source (GPLv3)
DotQuit was featured in Mac (103.8k followers), Productivity (663.5k followers), Open Source (69k followers) and GitHub (41.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 230.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted DotQuit?
DotQuit was hunted by Mehmet Talha Irmak. 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.
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