Shima

Shima島

An island for the notch on your Mac. Music, messages you can answer, AirPods, a timer. Free, and open source.

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Requires macOS 15 Sequoia or later. Works with or without a notch.
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Point at the notch, and swipe with two fingers. Or try:

What it does

Now Playing

What's playing in Music, Spotify or your browser, with a waveform in the cover's colors. Skip, scrub, change speakers.

Messages you can answer

Notifications show up in the notch instead of the corner. Point at a WhatsApp or iMessage and reply right there.

AirPods

When they connect, the notch shows them turning, with their battery, like on iPhone.

Pages

A timer you set with a ruler, today's calendar, system stats and a shelf for files. Swipe between them, in your order.

The little things

Charging, low battery, Caps Lock, Focus, and USB drives with an Eject button.

Notch or island

Hanging from the top, or floating like the Dynamic Island. On every display, each its own way.

Why it's free

I wanted a notch app, and the good ones cost $15 to $25. So I made one, tried to make it as polished as the paid ones, and gave it away.

Shima means island in Japanese. The code is on GitHub, under the GPL. If you like it, a star helps a lot.

— VendavalSC

Install

  1. Download Shima.dmg, open it, and drag Shima to Applications.
  2. The first time, right-click Shima and choose Open. It isn't notarized by Apple yet, so macOS asks once. Or run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Shima.app
  3. That's it. Shima updates itself from then on.
Does it work without a notch?

Yes. It draws its own, or floats as an island.

What does it need access to?

Only what you turn on: Accessibility for notifications and Caps Lock, Full Disk Access for Focus, Calendars for your events. Nothing leaves your Mac.

Will it slow my Mac down?

No. It sits at around 0% CPU when idle, and only wakes up when something happens.