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A native notch for Windows

Everything important, one glance away.

Glance sits at the top of your screen and expands when you need it: music controls, a temporary Shelf, calendar, battery, and quick status surfaces without opening another window.

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Native Windows app. Top-attached. Compact until you need more.

Windows desktop Glance preview
Glance compact closed notch Glance expanded media controls Glance expanded shelf
Now Playing Shelf Calendar Battery Tray controls

Product interaction

Scroll through the real notch states.

Glance starts as a small top-edge notch. It expands into media controls or Shelf only when there is something useful to show.

Step 01

Compact by default

Glance stays closed at the top of the display, using just enough space to show current context.

Glance compact closed notch Glance expanded media controls Glance expanded shelf

How it works

Top-edge context, without another app window.

1

Launch Glance

The native Windows app attaches to the top of your primary display and stays available above your workspace.

2

Use the notch

Open it for Now Playing controls, Shelf items, calendar, battery, and quick status checks.

3

Return to focus

When you are done, Glance collapses back into a small top-edge surface instead of staying in your way.

Features

Made for the checks you repeat all day.

Now Playing

Control media from the top of your screen.

Glance media player

Shelf

Keep temporary files, links, and screenshots close while you work.

Glance shelf view

Status

Check calendar and battery context without switching apps.

Native Windows

Built as a WPF desktop utility with tray controls and settings.

Quiet by design

Compact when idle, expanded when useful, then back to the edge.

A small surface for the controls, files, and status you reach for most.

Roadmap

Still early, moving toward a more personal notch.

Glance is in early development, so bugs and rough edges are very likely while the app takes shape.

01

Swappable widgets

Choose which widgets live inside the expanded notch.

02

More customization

Adjust size, position, appearance, behavior, and defaults.

03

Widget layout control

Reorder widgets and hide surfaces you do not use.

04

More status surfaces

Add useful widgets beyond media, Shelf, calendar, and battery.

Windows build

Download Glance for Windows

Early development preview. Bugs and unfinished behavior are likely.

The current build includes the top-attached notch, media controls, Shelf, settings, tray actions, calendar, and battery surfaces.

Download Windows build Downloaded from GitHub Releases. Unzip it, then run Glance.exe.