Cue - Put your AirPods in, your Mac starts focusing

Your headphones become a focus switch. Put your AirPods in and your Mac turns on your Focus mode, blocks distracting sites and starts a timer in the notch. Take them out: break time, sites come back. Also in the notch: now playing, volume and brightness, your own colors, session history and two tiny buddies that react to everything. Free, private, macOS 14+ on Apple Silicon. Vibe-coded by one person and Claude.

Hi PH 👋 Honest intro: I vibe-coded Cue with Claude. I had free tokens and a habit of opening YouTube "for one second", so this happened. The idea is small: your headphones are the focus switch. - Put your AirPods in → Cue turns on your Focus mode (Do Not Disturb by default), blocks the sites you picked and starts a timer in the notch. - Take them out → break. The sites come back and the buddies take a nap. Other stuff that crept in: now playing, volume and brightness in the notch, your own notch colors, a session history, and two little buddies that react to pretty much everything. No notch? Cue draws a small floating pill instead. Limits, so nobody is surprised: - Apple Silicon, macOS 14+. - Wear detection needs AirPods Pro, AirPods 3/4 or AirPods Max. Other headphones work on connect/disconnect instead. - It is not notarized (that needs a paid developer account), so macOS asks you to click "Open Anyway" once. The site shows the steps. - Free, closed source, made by one person plus an AI. Bugs are possible, feedback is very welcome. Privacy: no accounts, no analytics. Cue only goes online for the feedback button and two one-time anonymous setup pings ("opened", "ready") so I know if anyone got it working. Nothing else leaves your Mac. Would love to hear what breaks 🙏