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Countdowner Internal macOS app

Countdowner

A lightweight dark macOS app that counts down the days until the things you are looking forward to - and pins the day count to your menu bar so it rides along at the top of the screen.

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Track the days until what matters - and pin it to the menu bar.
Track the days until what matters - and pin it to the menu bar.

Countdowner counts down the days until a goal, a trip, or an occasion - and keeps the day count in your menu bar so it is always in view.

Highlights

  • Add countdowns with a name, a date, an optional time, and the timezone the event happens in.
  • Timezone-aware - a midnight-in-Tokyo countdown rolls over on Tokyo's calendar, not yours.
  • Menu-bar countdown - pin an event and macOS shows the days remaining up top; click to switch events or reopen the window.
  • Lives in the menu bar - closing the window leaves it quietly counting down.

Events are stored as plain JSON at ~/.config/countdowner/events.json, so they are easy to back up or edit by hand. No web views, no Electron - just a small, hand-built native app.