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Soffit.

A quiet status layer for the top edge of your Mac.

Install.

Version
0.1.0
Price
free
Minimum
macOS 14.0
Architecture
arm64
Signature
self-signed
curl -fsSL https://soffit.rtaapp.in/install.sh | bash

macOS 14.0 Sonoma or later, Apple silicon only.

The script is 41 lines. Read it first if you’d rather. Or download the zip and do it yourself — that route goes through the dialog below.

There is no sudo in it: on an account that can’t write to /Applications it stops rather than asking.

The zip, by hand.

Your browser sets the quarantine flag and curl doesn’t, and I haven’t paid Apple $99 a year to have Soffit checked. Same bytes, same server, different attribute.

  1. “Soffit” Not Opened

    Apple could not verify “Soffit” is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy.

    Move to TrashDone
    Double-click Soffit.app. There is no Open button, and right-click → Open stopped working in macOS 15.
  2. Privacy & Security

    Security

    Allow applications fromApp Store & Known…
    Soffit” was blocked to protect your Mac.Open Anyway

    Apple could not verify “Soffit” is free of malware that may harm your Mac or compromise your privacy.

    Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security and scroll to Security. Open Anyway asks for Touch ID or your password, under You are attempting to open an app that may cause harm to your Mac or compromise your privacy.
  3. Open “Soffit”?

    Apple is not able to verify that it is free from malware that could harm your Mac or compromise your privacy. Don’t open this unless you are certain it is from a trustworthy source.

    CancelOpen Anyway
    Then one last dialog. Open Anyway, or Cancel.

Updates.

To update, run the same line again. Every release is signed with the same certificate, so an update keeps the Accessibility grant: pasting and the volume and brightness readout carry on working.

The script copies Soffit.app to /Applications, quits any copy already running, and opens it. To get rid of it, choose Quit Soffit from its menu bar icon and drag Soffit.app to the Trash — it adds no login item unless you ask for one in Settings.