How to use QuakeNotch 3.0?
Now with QPilot AI Assistant and special effects! 🚀
Getting Started
Launch QuakeNotch and it will appear as a sleek icon in your notch. The app runs quietly in the background, ready to spring into action.
💡 Tip: If you encounter any problem, report to me!
Quake Terminal
Press Control + Escape to toggle your lightning-fast terminal. It slides down from the notch like magic ✨
- • Lightning-fast access from anywhere
- • Multi-tab support with custom renaming
- • Pane splitting (horizontal & vertical)
- • Customizable font and size
- • Mouse reporting support
- • Smooth animations
Special Effects
Make your terminal experience delightful with typing confetti effects and beautiful notch shadows.
- • ✨ Typing confetti on your Notch Terminal
- • 🌈 Customize your notch's icon and accent
- • 🌌 6 animated backgrounds: Stars, Matrix Rain, Fireflies, Snow, Sakura, Interstellar
- • 🫧 Liquid Form: notch deforms toward your cursor
- • 💎 Liquid Glass UI on macOS 15+
- • ⚡ Low power throttle option
💡 Pro tip: Enable low power throttle to save battery
CLI Progress Tracking
Never wonder about your long-running commands again! QuakeNotch intelligently detects when CLI apps show progress bars and displays a beautiful progress tracker right in your notch 📊
💡 Smart tip: Great for file downloads, package installs, and build processes!
Customizable
Make QuakeNotch truly yours with extensive customization options. From terminal fonts to notch shadows, every detail can be tailored to your preferences 🎨
- • 🔤 Custom terminal fonts and sizes
- • 🎨 Notch icon themes and colors (Blinking Eye, Nyan Cat)
- • 🌫️ Adjustable shadow effects and opacity
- • ⌨️ Personalize keyboard shortcuts
- • 🎵 Music oscillator with 6 themes
- • 🌌 6 animated background effects
- • 🫧 Liquid Form sensitivity control
- • 💎 20 Liquid Glass variants
💡 Tip: Access settings through the notch menu
Terminal Shortcuts
Music on MacBook Notch
QuakeNotch beautifully integrates with Apple Music, showing now playing info and mesmerizing audio visualizations in your notch 🎵
- • Oscillator with 6 themes (Classic, Neon, Rainbow, Minimal, Trans, Femboy)
- • Now playing track notifications on notch
- • Seamless Apple Music integration on notch
- • Explore your playlists and songs to play!
- • Circuit breaker protection against frozen Music.app
Search & Navigation
Quickly find what you need with powerful search capabilities built right into your terminal.
QPilot AI Assistant
QPilot can handle your daily tasks right from the notch. Press Ctrl + Shift + Escape to open QPilot and just tell it what you need — it doesn't just suggest, it gets things done. Everything runs privately on your Mac, so your data never leaves your device. 🤖
- • Automates everyday tasks on your Mac
- • Remembers context across conversations
- • Pin messages and attach files for context
- • Autopilot mode — sit back and let it work
- • Custom system prompts
- • Prompt history with arrow keys
💡 Smart tip: The agent also includes command generation (⌘ + Shift + G) and assistive analysis (⌘ + Shift + A) as before!
QPilot AI Assistant
Private & on-device
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Connect with me (Cat) directly and other QuakeNotch users, get help, share tips, and be the first to know about updates! Our friendly community is always ready to help you make the most of your notch experience! 😊
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QuakeNotch transforms your notch into a powerful productivity hub. Start exploring and make your Mac experience extraordinary!