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Set your day
Pick the segment (e.g. 9:00–17:00) and which days are on. Breaks like lunch are greyed out.
Free · Windows & macOS
DayGlassBar
See your day drain — quietly.
An ambient bar that lives at the edge of your screen and shows the time left in your day. No numbers, no colors changing, no alarms — just a thin sliver of light that shrinks as the day goes by.
How it works
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Catch it at a glance
A thin bar sits on your screen's edge and fills only the time remaining. As the day passes, the fill shrinks — that's it.
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Hover for detail
Rest the cursor on the bar and it widens to show start, end, now and time left — then slips back. It's always click-through, so it never steals your clicks.
Features
Ambient by design
Lives at the edge of your screen — pin it to any side: top, bottom, left or right. No countdowns, no blinking, no notifications; only the fill length changes.
Calendar integration
Connect Google Calendar, or read classic Outlook locally. Events inside your day appear as colored bands; hover for the title.
Click-through & always on top
Sits above everything but ignores the mouse — the work underneath is never blocked, even while expanded.
Download
Latest release, built automatically by GitHub Actions.
Windows
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
macOS
Apple Silicon
Heads up: the app isn't code-signed yet.
Windows: if the SmartScreen prompt appears, click More info → Run anyway.
macOS: the first launch shows “DayGlassBar” is damaged and can't be opened. The file isn't damaged — this is how macOS blocks unsigned apps downloaded from the web. Drag the app into Applications, run xattr -cr /Applications/DayGlassBar.app once in Terminal, then open it again.
FAQ
Does it turn red or blink as the day winds down?
No. "Rush" cues are intentionally left out — only the fill length shrinks, and the color stays constant. The whole point is to nudge, not rush.
Is it a Pomodoro timer? Does it notify me?
No. Pomodoro, sounds and notifications are out of scope. It's a display-only tool for feeling how much of your day is left.
Can it show my calendar?
Yes. Connect Google Calendar (OAuth), or read classic Outlook locally on Windows — each with its own on/off and color. Events inside your day appear as colored bands; hover to see the title. Outlook's cloud API is currently unsupported.
Will it work with my company's Outlook?
Use the local connection with classic Outlook installed on that PC — no sign-in or admin approval needed, and it reads work-account events too. (The "new Outlook" / web-only setups aren't supported for local reading.)
Can I subscribe to a public ICS calendar URL?
No. It was implemented once and removed: ICS feeds are cached by the provider for hours, so they can't follow mid-day changes fast enough.
Is it free? What about my data?
It's free to download. Your settings live in a local JSON; calendar sign-in tokens are encrypted on your device and never included in exports. Events are only fetched for display — nothing is sent to a cloud of ours.
If you find it useful, a small tip on Ko-fi is hugely appreciated — but it's completely optional. ♡