2.0 · 1 sep coming 1 sep
  an ambient task manager for macOS

your tasks live at the edge of your screen.

verge is not a window you open. it's an 8-pixel line resting at the right edge of your Mac — your whole day inside it. drift your cursor right and everything slides out. move away, and it's gone.

ships 1 September 2026 watch it listen
no card required· free during early access, $29 once after· macOS 26+· already purchased?
psst — the right edge of this page? that's verge. go say hi
01 — at rest

at rest, it's almost nothing.

most of the day, verge is a sliver of glass. but look closer. your whole day is resting inside it.

pinned notes ride the line
7:00 → 23:00 today, as tick marks
something urgent breathes
2 of 3 daily chores done
8px wide at rest
0.5s dwell to wake
the line · verge at rest · actual size 8px wake it: drift right, or ⌃⌥V to peek
02 — capture

hold a key. say everything.

the fastest way to empty your head. hold ⌘⇧space and talk — verge sorts your words into tasks, chores, and notes, files subtasks into the right project, and understands "tomorrow at 3". release the key. done.

⌘ ⇧ space — hold
listening…

watch: this loop is the real flow, keystroke to filed.

pay rentTOMORROW
call the dentistFRI 3 PM
water the plantsDAILY
new hero section▸ WEBSITE
filed 4 · one to website

brain-dump mode

ramble for a minute. verge writes one clean note titled for you, keeps your words as the body, and pulls the actual tasks out of the noise for you to accept or dismiss.

or just type

⌃⌥T from anywhere — plain english in, structured task out. "ship the deck friday P1" lands dated and prioritized. batch a whole list in one line.

03 — presence

your week, drifting.

at the panel's floor lives the current — every open task a mote of light, drifting toward its deadline at the edge. overdue work presses against the glass and glows warm. finish something, and it sparks.

click anywhere to finish one
04 — rhythm

it knows the rhythm of a day.

chores rest when done

check off a daily and it leaves for the day. no "done" clutter, no re-nagging. its ring fills on the line. at midnight, the rotation quietly resets.

18:0020:0023:00

evenings apply pressure

as the night runs out, unfinished rings brighten — a gentle gradient, never a red badge. verge nudges with light, not guilt.

it sounds like water

a droplet when a thought lands. a low resolved tone when something's done. finish a streak and the pitch climbs. synthesized live, never a sample. off switch included.

05 — craft

built like an instrument.

no Electron. no accounts. no cloud between you and your own list. verge is native Swift, and it treats your attention — and your data — like they're worth something.

2.4 mb
the whole app · native swift
~0%
idle cpu · built to be forgotten
0
accounts · servers · trackers
14 days
of rolling local backups, automatic
yours
data stays on your mac · lossless export
⌘⇧␣
dictation on-device · apple intelligence
siri
shortcuts + app intents built in
once
$29 · updates included · no subscription
06 — why this exists

"i kept writing things down and then closing the app they were in. out of sight, out of mind, every time. so i built one that doesn't close. it's been at the edge of my screen ever since."

the builder of verge · made with one pair of hands
07 — the last item on this page's list

put verge on your Mac.

freewhile verge is in early access.

the whole app, no card, no account. early access runs until 31 December 2026. after that verge is $29 once, and never a subscription. install before then and it stays free for you, permanently.

ships 1 September 2026

no signup, no waitlist. the download appears here that morning.

macOS 26+· notarized by Apple· nothing to cancel
does it work with full-screen apps and multiple displays? +
yes. the panel joins every Space, so it's there in full-screen apps too. on multiple displays, you pick verge's home screen — and a cursor on another display never wakes it by accident.
will it slow down my Mac? +
verge is a 2.4 MB native Swift app designed to be always-running: near-zero idle CPU, no web engine, no background sync churn. it's built to be forgotten until you need it.
what happens when early access ends? +
nothing, if you're already here. everyone who installs during early access keeps verge free permanently. no account to make, nothing to renew, nothing to claim. after 31 December 2026, new installs get 30 days free and then verge is $29 once. either way your data stays exactly where it is, and there's a full lossless export if you'd rather walk away.
moved to a new Mac? +
your early-access copy travels with Migration Assistant, along with everything else. if it somehow doesn't, email me and i'll sort it out — no proof, no forms.
where does my data live? +
on your Mac, in a local database with 14 days of rolling automatic backups. no account, no server, no telemetry. there is a full lossless JSON export and re-import whenever you want it.
why isn't it on the App Store? +
verge uses system-level hotkeys and an always-on edge panel that the App Store sandbox doesn't allow. direct distribution keeps the app fully capable — and it's still signed and notarized by Apple.
does dictation send my voice anywhere? +
no. speech recognition and the AI parsing both run on-device via Apple's frameworks. your voice never leaves your Mac.

verge is a Mac app.

you're not on a Mac right now. send yourself the download link and grab it when you're back at your desk.

email me the link