Thoughts is a menubar app for your Mac which helps you keep notes quickly using text, images and voice. Add your favorite agent API key and it'll also help transcribe audio, context images to text and help do simple text-tranforms like capitalization, translations and spelling fixes. Think of it as a fun small multi-tool for your menubar.
👋 Hey Hunters! I'm back with a new menubar app, the succession to my popular app Thought Train, from 2018.
When I built Thoughts, I wanted it to be easier to use, more fun and quirky but also more powerful.
I've made it free so that anyone with time on their hands can use it, if you have any questions about the build, thought process (pun!?) or anything, let me know in the comments.
Note: "Yes" the app was coded using Cursor, and after building products for almost 20yrs now I'm pretty happy to say that using AI helped really accelerate the idea that I've had on my mind for years.
🚨 Golden Gate users, you have a lil' fix arriving tomorrow which fixes the app-wont-open bug 🚨
A fifteen secound thought is exactly the kind of thing I’d want to capture without interrupting whatever I’m doing. The menubar placement seems like a good fit for that kind of lightweight workflow.
Will it have a Journal mode for video as well?
Good luck with the launch!
I’ve been an early tester and use it daily for key notes, Thoughts, and things I need to focus on that often get lost in the noise.
About Thoughts for Mac on Product Hunt
“Capture notes from your menubar using text, images or voice”
Thoughts for Mac launched on Product Hunt on September 15th, 2026 and earned 102 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #11 on the daily leaderboard. Thoughts is a menubar app for your Mac which helps you keep notes quickly using text, images and voice. Add your favorite agent API key and it'll also help transcribe audio, context images to text and help do simple text-tranforms like capitalization, translations and spelling fixes. Think of it as a fun small multi-tool for your menubar.
Thoughts for Mac was featured in Productivity (660.6k followers), Writing (59.4k followers) and Menu Bar Apps (12.3k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 176.1k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Thoughts for Mac?
Thoughts for Mac was hunted by Marc Perel. 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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Marc Perel
👋 Hey Hunters! I'm back with a new menubar app, the succession to my popular app Thought Train, from 2018.
When I built Thoughts, I wanted it to be easier to use, more fun and quirky but also more powerful.
I've made it free so that anyone with time on their hands can use it, if you have any questions about the build, thought process (pun!?) or anything, let me know in the comments.
Note: "Yes" the app was coded using Cursor, and after building products for almost 20yrs now I'm pretty happy to say that using AI helped really accelerate the idea that I've had on my mind for years.