Island

I built Island to put a small, useful pill at the top of the desktop. On a notched Mac it sits around the cutout. The active plugin decides what it shows.

Give the notch a job

Agent Pulse shows coding sessions that are working, waiting for me, or done with a turn. Spotify Lyrics follows the current song. The plugin manager handles installation and settings.

A session at a glance

I use Agent Pulse when several coding sessions need attention. Its local hooks report session state. I hover over the strip to inspect the sessions, then open one from its row. The strip tells me when a turn ends. It does not tell me whether the code is good. I still get that job.

Spotify Lyrics follows Spotify Desktop. It needs macOS Automation permission and a matching lyric from its providers. I keep the setup guide beside the download because a permission dialog is also part of the interface.

What I ship

The app has a shared Rust core and platform-specific shells. The public release targets Apple silicon Macs running macOS 12 or later. It works around a MacBook notch or at the top of an external display. Windows, Linux, and Intel Mac installers are not part of that release.

Island requires a paid license for plugin operation. There is no free trial. I keep the current terms on the pricing page and the downloads in public releases.

The app source is private. The plugins are MIT licensed and public.

I checked these release requirements against the product website on October 4, 2026.