Dune - Context-aware Mac keypad to automate workflows + meetings
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Dune is a Context-aware Keypad for Mac that sits next to your keyboard and changes what its three keys do in real time based on the app running in the foreground. Built for developers who live in GitHub, VS Code, Claude, Openclaw, and for anyone running AI agents or in back to back meetings on Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet.
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oh this is neat — does the context detection just watch the foreground app or are you hooking into something deeper per app? curious how the mappings get defined for stuff like Claude or Cursor
Dune
@tijogaucher we are primarily detecting only the app in the foreground, but we do track the current state(opened or closed) of apps that have mappings with Dune. We use multiple methods to detect both of these, all running in the background but without having context of what's running within the app. For Claude and Cursor, we have a few pre-loaded actions and you can also customize these actions for every app, even trigger longer workflows using scripts/agents.
@apoorv_shankar Thanks for getting back to me on this one. Exciting times!
Does it support windows also or only Mac?
Dune
@resolvervicky we only support Mac right now. Windows may take some time
This is a really elegant idea. The context-awareness piece is what makes it - a physical button that does something different depending on whether you're in VS Code or Zoom removes a layer of cognitive overhead that most people don't even realize they're dealing with. I'm curious about the meeting use case specifically. We do a lot of investor calls and partnership meetings. Can you set up custom actions per meeting type? Like "start recording + open notes template + mute" with one press for a board call, vs a different combo for a team standup? That one-press-does-three-things approach could save a lot of fumbling at the start of every call.
Dune
@ben_gend Thanks. That's a really cool idea, we haven't added context triggers based on type of meetings you may have. But this sounds good, we will roll something out soon and get back to you + if you haven't ordered already- DMing you an special code on Linkedin :)
@sharaththegeek lets do this!
a physical keypad that knows context. thats a genuinely different take. goodbye keyboard shortcuts i never remember anyway
Watched people use this for the first time and the reaction is always the same. They switch apps, the keys change, and they just go "wait, what?"
Go team!
Dune
@priyatiagi Offline demos are the best :)
Three keys sounds like nothing until you realize those three keys are always the right three keys. This is a good one! 😎
Dune
@aditi_saxena6 Thanks. Exactly! Context and agents have made it possible to make 3 keys do everything you need.
docWind
Does the key remapping work in full screen mode or does it need the app to be windowed? I live in full screen.
Dune
@sarvad_shetty it works with both
Dune
@naveesh_kumar Thanks for the reminder. I think we missed mentioning this on the Product Hunt page. :)
Figr AI
Great initiative and product, can't wait to try out!
Dune
@moksh_garg Thanks. Would also love to see explore what we could build with Figr AI :)
Open Wearables
the context-switching between Claude and VS Code is real. curious how it handles rapid app switching though - does it lag when you're jumping between terminal, browser, and editor quickly? we use Claude Code constantly and those millisecond delays add up when you're in flow state.
Dune
@piotr_pasierbek The Detection latency(to change actions when you switch to a new app) is 200–600ms depending on the system, 200ms is the typical case, 600ms on the slower end of hardware like for older Macbook Air devices. Since the software is polling the foreground app, so there's inherent system-dependency. Generally, we haven't seen early users notice or detect such a lag. But we're actively working to reduce this further.