The difference between this project and others is that it is built on its own engine, and not taken from other ready-made repositories. It completely copies the logic, animations, and behavior of a real Dynamic Island on an iPhone, unlike other projects. The main goal is to make the project as native as possible, both in terms of design and interaction.
Bringing Dynamic Island to Mac is a fun concept curious how it handles apps that don't have notch-aware integrations yet. Does it work out of the box with most apps or needs configuration per app?
This just make the Macbook get on the same vibe as on the iPhone, looks elegant and something Apple team would have done themselves, nice job.
Hey Evgeniy, was on DynamicNotch's GitHub and the "didn't like the TheBoringNotch implementations" angle is a respect-earning reason to ship your own. one thing I wanted to ask, custom engine vs forking the existing notch projects, what made the rewrite cleaner, was it the animation timing or the gesture handling? wondering which part actually drove the redo.
I’m curious, what made you decide to start this project was it for development experience or did you genuinely feel like you needed something like this
This actually looks pretty clean. Honestly, this is the kind of small Mac tweak that makes daily use feel nicer.
About DynamicNotch on Product Hunt
“Dynamic island for macOS”
DynamicNotch launched on Product Hunt on May 24th, 2026 and earned 143 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. The difference between this project and others is that it is built on its own engine, and not taken from other ready-made repositories. It completely copies the logic, animations, and behavior of a real Dynamic Island on an iPhone, unlike other projects. The main goal is to make the project as native as possible, both in terms of design and interaction.
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Evgeniy Petrukovich
Bringing Dynamic Island to Mac is a fun concept curious how it handles apps that don't have notch-aware integrations yet. Does it work out of the box with most apps or needs configuration per app?