CodeIsland

Overview of CodeIsland

What it is

CodeIsland is a real-time AI coding agent status panel that lives in the MacBook notch. It shows live status, approvals, and replies for 30+ AI coding tools. It also includes iPhone and Apple Watch companion apps.

Key features

• Live status, current tool, and latest reply for every session; finished replies render as Markdown - Approve, deny, or always-allow tool calls; answer multi-question prompts without switching windows - One-click jump to the exact terminal tab, IDE window, or tmux / zellij / Herdr pane - Smart suppress: no ping while you are already looking at that session's tab - Quiet hours, per-event 8-bit sounds, and a glance dot completion mode - SSH remote hosts: server sessions show up next to local ones - iPhone & Apple Watch Buddy: Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, StandBy - ESP32 desk buddy over Bluetooth - Push notifications to Bark, ntfy, DingTalk, Lark, WeCom, Slack, Telegram (only while away)
• Webhook forwarding of raw events for automations - 7 UI languages; signed, notarized, auto-updating

Use cases

Coding agents spend time working or waiting on you, and you only find out by switching to their window. CodeIsland turns the notch into a live status bar for all of them: which session is thinking, which one needs an approval, which one just finished. You can approve tool calls or answer questions right there, or click once to jump to the exact terminal tab. It works with 30+ AI coding tools, installs its hooks for you, and keeps everything on your Mac.

Getting started

Install via Homebrew (recommended): bash brew tap wxtsky/tap brew install --cask codeisland Alternatively, download CodeIsland.dmg from the latest release, drag CodeIsland.app into Applications, and launch it. Hooks are installed automatically for every AI tool detected.

License and pricing

MIT license. Open source.

Based on the project's public README and repository metadata.