Agent HUD vs AgentNotch
Both watch your coding agents from the Mac notch, with plan usage, requests and token history. AgentNotch groups tasks and worktrees by project and approves OpenCode requests in place. Agent HUD follows 18 agents, sits on any screen edge as well as the notch, counts tokens down to turns and calls, and has iPhone and Apple Watch apps.
Updated 2026-10-30
What does AgentNotch do?
AgentNotch is a Mac notch app for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Kimi and OpenCode, with Cowork, Antigravity, Pi and LM Studio also listed. It groups tasks and worktrees by project and gives each session a context gauge. Each session opens from its row.
It approves requests from the notch; for OpenCode its page describes Approve or Deny without switching windows. A waiting question shows with its answer options, a finished plan can be reviewed in the notch, and alerts mark a plan ready, a finished task and an agent that needs you. Plan usage covers Claude, Codex, Cursor, Kimi and OpenCode Go, which it works out on the Mac from your own turns. Token History shows daily usage and provider totals.
It runs on several displays, with a switch per screen, and keeps a pill on screens without a notch. Session monitoring stays on the Mac. It is sold as a one-time purchase with a year of updates, after a 14-day trial.
What does Agent HUD do?
Agent HUD follows 18 agents, plus the GLM Coding Plan quota and approvals for the Qoder builds. Each display runs Notch, Simple or Dynamic, and Simple and Dynamic sit on any screen edge. On the HUD you approve, deny or always allow a request and answer questions, including those Claude asks in its desktop app. One click takes you back to the session's thread, tab or terminal pane.
It counts tokens by time, kind, agent, model, session, turn and call, with cache hits and cost estimates at list prices. Its iPhone and Apple Watch apps show quotas, statistics and sessions on the same network without a subscription; Agent HUD Remote adds any network, conversations, decisions, notes from your wrist, alerts and Live Activities.
Side by side
| Need | Agent HUD | AgentNotch |
|---|---|---|
| Placement | Notch, Simple or Dynamic on each display. Simple and Dynamic sit on any screen edge. | The notch, on several displays with a switch per screen; a pill on screens without a notch. |
| Agents | 18, plus the GLM Coding Plan quota and Qoder approvals. | Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Kimi and OpenCode; also Cowork, Antigravity, Pi and LM Studio. |
| Sessions | Busy, done or waiting, with waiting sessions first. One click back to the thread, tab or terminal pane. | Tasks and worktrees grouped by project, each session with a context gauge; a session opens from its row. |
| Requests | Approve, deny or always allow; answer questions, including those Claude asks in its desktop app. | Approve from the notch; a waiting question shows its answer options; a finished plan can be reviewed. |
| OpenCode | Tokens, quota, replies and one click back. Its approvals stay in OpenCode. | Approve or Deny in place, and an OpenCode Go usage estimate. OpenCode tokens are not yet in Token History. |
| Quotas | Resets, burn rates and balances. The glow turns yellow at 70% used and red at 90%. | Plan usage for Claude, Codex, Cursor, Kimi and OpenCode Go, with reset times when a limit runs out. |
| Token history | Time, kinds, agents, models, sessions, turns, calls, cache hits and cost estimates, kept for 30 days. | Daily usage and provider totals. |
| iPhone and Apple Watch | Apps for both: quotas, statistics and sessions on the same network without a subscription; decisions and conversations with Agent HUD Remote. | None mentioned on its site or changelog. |
| Systems | The release runs on macOS 14 or later, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs; the source builds for macOS 12 or later. Windows and Linux are in preview: unsigned packages for Windows 10 and 11 (x64) and x86_64 Linux, not yet tested on real machines. | macOS. |
| How it is sold | Agent HUD Remote is an App Store subscription; nothing else needs one. Source on GitHub, Apache-2.0. | A 14-day trial, then a one-time purchase with a year of updates. |
Which one fits?
Check your own agents first: each product supports each agent to a different degree. The supported agents table shows what Agent HUD reads for each one.
- AgentNotch fits if your agents are on its list, you work across projects and worktrees and want a context gauge on every session, you want OpenCode approvals in the notch, or you prefer a one-time purchase.
- Agent HUD fits if your agents are among the 18 it follows, you want the HUD on a screen edge, you want token and cost history down to turns and calls, or you want quotas and sessions on iPhone and Apple Watch, with decisions there through Agent HUD Remote.
Sources
AgentNotch's facts come from its own site, its pages for OpenCode, Claude Code and Codex, and its changelog, checked on 26 October 2026. This compares documented capabilities and is not a performance benchmark. A capability its pages do not describe is not counted as missing.
AgentNotchAgentNotch with OpenCodeAgentNotch with Claude CodeAgentNotch changelogAgent HUD source on GitHub
Questions
Can either approve OpenCode requests?
AgentNotch's OpenCode page describes Approve or Deny in the notch. Agent HUD shows OpenCode's tokens, quota and replies and takes you back to the session; OpenCode's approvals stay in OpenCode.
Is there an iPhone or Apple Watch app?
Agent HUD has both. On the same network they show quotas, statistics and sessions without a subscription, and Agent HUD Remote adds decisions, conversations and alerts on any network. AgentNotch's site and changelog mention no phone or watch app.