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Stay on top of your
coding agents

A macOS menu bar utility that tracks your Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex sessions in one place. See what's running, what's idle, and what's done — without switching windows.

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Whiplash menu bar app showing task tracking with Claude Code session detection

Built for how developers actually work

Whiplash lives in your menu bar and tracks tasks across all your concurrent development contexts.

Global Hotkey

Press ⌥⇧T from anywhere to instantly open Whiplash. Add tasks without leaving your editor or terminal.

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Session Auto-Detection

Automatically detects running Claude Code sessions and links tasks to their context. No manual tagging needed.

Menu Bar Native

Lives in your menu bar as a lightweight popover. No dock icon, no window management, no distractions.

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CLI Companion

Standalone Swift CLI script shares the same task file. Add and manage tasks from any terminal session.

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Fully Local

All data stored in ~/.whiplash.json. No accounts, no cloud sync, no telemetry. Your tasks stay on your machine.

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Zero Dependencies

Pure Swift & SwiftUI. No CocoaPods, no SPM packages, no Electron. Just a fast, native macOS app.

Get started in seconds

Download the DMG or build from source. No external dependencies required.

Download DMG

Signed and notarized. Download, open, and drag to Applications.

Download Whiplash v1.0

Build from Source

Clone the repo and build with Xcode. Requires Xcode 15+ and xcodegen.

git clone https://github.com/arvindang/whiplash.git
cd whiplash
brew install xcodegen
xcodegen generate
xcodebuild -project Whiplash.xcodeproj -scheme Whiplash

System requirements

Whiplash is a lightweight native app with minimal requirements.

Operating System

macOS 14 Sonoma or later

Apple Silicon and Intel supported

Disk Space

Less than 5 MB

No runtime dependencies

Permissions

Accessibility (optional)

Required for global hotkey support

Build Requirements

Xcode 15+ & xcodegen

Only needed if building from source

Stop losing context.
Start shipping faster.

Whiplash is free, open source, and built for developers who work in parallel.

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