Claude Code
Approve Claude’s requests and watch sessions from the notch
Claude & AI
The notch, made useful.
Matte turns the black strip at the top of your MacBook into a bar of widgets. Claude Code approvals, what’s playing, your next meeting, a place to drop files. Open it when you need it. It tucks away when you don’t.
Claude Code 0 sessions Idle
Low TideNova Lane
18°Lisbon H 20° L 14°
MON26 Design review15:00 – 15:30
25:00
4h 12mworking today
lab Claude wants to run a command
npm run build AllowedRun the buildlab
Making a WebPTest Image.png 0%
Ta-da! 41 KB Drag it straight out, or:
Three steps, then forget it’s there.
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Install Matte Home
Sign up with your email and we send a download link and an activation code. Home is the bar itself, plus the top row: Settings, Launchpad, volume, brightness and the theme switch.
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Choose what goes in the bar
Tick the widgets you want when you sign up and they’re ready on first launch. Add or remove more from the Library inside the app whenever you like.
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Drag it into shape
Hold a widget to move it, pull an edge to resize it. The bar grows to fit, holds as many widgets as you like, and remembers the layout.
Matte Home. Everyone starts here.
SettingsLaunchpadVolumeBrightnessTheme
Home is Matte itself: the bar that lives around your MacBook’s notch, and the top row everyone gets. Settings, Launchpad, volume, brightness and the light/dark switch sit there from the first launch. Widgets go in the row below, and you choose which ones.
Expands to fit
The bar grows sideways as you add widgets and tucks back behind the notch when you move away.
As many widgets as you like
No cap and no tiers. Add one, add twenty. Each one only runs while it’s in the bar.
Drag to reorder
Hold a widget and move it. Pull its edge to make it wider or narrower. Matte remembers the layout.
Add and remove in the Library
Every widget is in the in-app Library. One click adds it, one click takes it away.
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Best on a MacBook with a notch, and it works on any Mac display.
16 new widgets. Ready to add.
Focus session A focus timer that quiets your Mac. Daily brief by Claude A morning summary of your day, written by Claude. Snap Full-page screenshots of any web page. World clocks The time for everyone you work with. Battery & AirPods Battery for your Mac and devices. Screenshot shelf Your latest screenshots, ready to drag.
Also newTranslateSummarise clipboardTextQuick noteNext callColourQR codeNetwork speedPodcastsCamera mirror
35 widgets, all of them free.
New
Daily brief by Claude
A morning summary of your day, written by Claude
Claude & AI
New
Translate
Translate what you copied
Claude & AI
New
Summarise clipboard
A short summary of whatever you copied
Claude & AI
Calendar
Your next event and a one-click join
Productivity
Timer
A quick countdown in the notch
Productivity
Work time
How long you’ve spent in each app today
Productivity
Clipboard
Your last few copies, one click away
Productivity
New
Text
Count, fix and tidy what you copied
Productivity
New
Focus session
A focus timer that quiets your Mac
Productivity
New
Quick note
Jot a line without opening an app
Productivity
New
Next call
Your next call, a minute before it starts
Productivity
Mappy Drop
Drop a file on Mappy — he converts, shrinks or sends it
Files
Shelf
Park files in the notch until you need them
Files
Recents
Files you touched lately
Files
New
Screenshot shelf
Your latest screenshots, ready to drag
Files
Controls
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Do Not Disturb and more
System
Mac stats
CPU, memory, battery at a glance
System
Windows
Snap the front window into place
System
Beta
Rowline
Every window side by side in one sliding row
System
New
Battery & AirPods
Battery for your Mac and devices
System
New
Network speed
Up and down, live
System
Weather
Today’s weather where you are
Everyday
Clock
A clock with world time
Everyday
Dates
Birthdays and countdowns
Everyday
Messages
Recent iMessages
Everyday
Recent WhatsApp chats
Everyday
New
World clocks
The time for everyone you work with
Everyday
New
Camera mirror
Check your hair before the call
Everyday
Runs on your Mac. Right there in the notch.
The widgets do their work on your Mac: your music, files, calendar and Claude sessions are handled where they already live. No upload site, no extra cloud account to set up.
Questions, answered.
What is Matte?
A small Mac app that turns the notch at the top of your MacBook screen into a bar of widgets. Hover or click the notch and it opens; move away and it tucks back in.
Which Macs does it run on?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Best on a MacBook with a notch, and it works on any Mac display. On a Mac without a notch, the bar sits at the top centre of the screen in the same way.
Is it really free?
Yes. Home and every widget in the Library are free while we build Matte in the open. You can use your code on up to 3 Macs.
Why do you need my email?
Your activation code is sent there, so it has to be a real address you can open. We use it for your code and for important updates about Matte. Anything else only if you tick the box.
Can I change my widgets later?
Any time. The Library inside Matte lists every widget. Add one with a click, remove it with a click, and drag to rearrange the bar.
I lost my code. What now?
Ask for a new one on the resend page. A fresh code is emailed straight away and the old one stops working.
Where’s the small print?
In plain English: the Terms at lab.studionine.agency/matte/terms and the Privacy policy at lab.studionine.agency/matte/privacy.
Who makes it?
Studio Nine, a small creative studio in the UK. Matte started as a tool we built for ourselves and is now one of the things we make in the Lab.
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