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!
@Mirror Detecting hidden apps on MacOS is super practical for security and privacy! This fills a real gap that Mac users have been dealing with.
Does Mirror only detect apps, or can it also identify background processes and services running without visible interfaces? And what's the most surprising hidden app you've found during testing?
Great idea. I’m curious about how this is implemented — does it involve inspecting system processes? And what happens after that?
This software is really appealing to me. My computer is company-issued and has some monitoring software installed, so I’m not very comfortable using this product to disable it—but I still want to say, it’s genuinely a great piece of software.
For me, this like feels having a security flashlight for my Mac. I can finally expose apps that try to hide, which makes me feel safer and much more in control of my computer.
I installed an application long time ago, after the successful installation I won't able to see the application anywhere. Is this tool able to find and uninstall such apps?
