Status Ninja syncs the context of your Google Calendar, including focus time and emojis, directly to your Slack status. It’s designed for people who already time-block and want that information reflected automatically in their Slack status.
I built Status Ninja to improve my working day. I like to time-block my Google Calendar (focus time, lunch, emojis, etc.) but with the available calendar integration Slack only ever shows “In a meeting”. It also doesn't include the fun emojis I like to put, particularly in focus time.
I built Status Ninja to sync from your Google calendar straight into your Slack status. It helps me a lot because my colleagues know what I'm up to (cuts down on people interrupting me) and also it makes my Slack status a bit more lively with nice emojis that I can set.
I’d love any feedback, especially from people who time-block like I do. Happy to answer questions!
Interesting indie project. I always forget to set my Slack status to “on vacation” :)
Nice idea, syncing actual calendar context to slack feels genuinely useful for teams that time-block. Does it also handle quick changes, like dragging a focus block longer mid-session?
When someone already has Slack’s native Google Calendar integration enabled, what’s the clearest reason they’d switch to Status Ninja—what meaningful capability (or outcome) do they get that the default setup can’t deliver?
Congrats on the launch @lukebray ! Definitely a helpful app to have
Love this use case. Time-blocking only really works if your team can see and respect it, syncing actual calendar context (and emojis 👀) to Slack feels like the missing piece.
Does it handle 'Ad-hoc' changes well?
Sometimes I'm in the middle of a coding sprint for Dashform and I just drag a calendar block to extend it by 30 mins because I'm in the zone. Does Status Ninja update Slack instantly when I modify the GCal event length, or is there a sync delay?
About Status Ninja on Product Hunt
“Sync your Google calendar events to your Slack status”
Status Ninja launched on Product Hunt on January 13th, 2026 and earned 96 upvotes and 11 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. Status Ninja syncs the context of your Google Calendar, including focus time and emojis, directly to your Slack status. It’s designed for people who already time-block and want that information reflected automatically in their Slack status.
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Luke Bray
Hello!
I built Status Ninja to improve my working day. I like to time-block my Google Calendar (focus time, lunch, emojis, etc.) but with the available calendar integration Slack only ever shows “In a meeting”. It also doesn't include the fun emojis I like to put, particularly in focus time.
I built Status Ninja to sync from your Google calendar straight into your Slack status. It helps me a lot because my colleagues know what I'm up to (cuts down on people interrupting me) and also it makes my Slack status a bit more lively with nice emojis that I can set.
I’d love any feedback, especially from people who time-block like I do. Happy to answer questions!