Kitsmith / Dev & Agents / Whirr
Ambient agent activity in your notch — watch Claude Code work without watching it.
Our take
The smallest, cheapest entry in this category: a single-purpose menu bar app that mirrors Claude Code activity to the notch so you can glance instead of tab back to a terminal. No approvals, no kanban board — just a quiet activity indicator.
- Price
- $4.99 one-time
- License
- Proprietary
- Get it via
- Direct
- Developer
- Felix (@devvfelix)
Do you use Whirr?
Who made this
Solo developer of Whirr, credited in the app's own site footer: "made by @devvfelix."
What it does
Ambient activity mirror
Mirrors Claude Code activity to the notch so you can keep working elsewhere while it runs.
Quiet by design
A glance-only indicator rather than a full dashboard — no approvals or transcripts to manage.
The deal
- $4.99 one-time purchase
Whirr — questions people ask
What does Whirr do?
It’s a quiet macOS menu bar app that mirrors Claude Code activity to your notch, so you can see it’s working without watching a terminal.
Is Whirr a subscription?
No — $4.99 one-time purchase.
Is Whirr free?
Whirr costs $4.99 one-time.
Can I run Whirr together with another notch app?
No — Whirr draws at the notch, so it takes the place of any other notch app (hubs included). Apps that live in the menu bar or on screen stack alongside it fine.
Where can I download Whirr?
Whirr is available via Direct.
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Listing hand-verified July 27, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
How Whirr compares
Not sold on Whirr? These swap in
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AgentPeek
$15 one-timeA kanban board for every coding-agent session, answered and monitored from the Mac notch.
TrackNotch
FreeReal-time LLM usage and rate-limit tracking across Claude, OpenAI, Cursor, and Codex, right in the notch.
Chimlo
FreeA native activity island for Codex and Claude Code — read questions, approve tool calls, and reopen finished work.
X Island
FreeA free Dynamic Island for AI coding agents — monitor, approve, and jump back into Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, or OpenCode.
Keep Whirr — stack these next to it
These live in the menu bar or on screen, so they run happily alongside any notch app.
