Ping Island

Ping Island

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Watch active coding sessions, answer follow-up questions, and jump back to the right terminal or IDE window.

Official website: erha19.github.io/ping-island

Claude Code · ChatGPT · Codex CLI · Gemini CLI · Antigravity CLI · Hermes Agent · Pi Agent · Oh My Pi · Qwen Code · Kimi CLI · OpenClaw · OpenCode · Cursor · Qoder IDE · Qoder CN IDE · CodeBuddy · GitHub Copilot

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Detach the active pet from the notch and keep session status nearby while you work across other windows.

On notch-screen Macs, Ping Island expands from the notch with session context and action controls when an agent needs attention.

What is Ping Island?

Ping Island is a macOS menu bar app that expands into a compact session surface when your coding agents need attention. It listens to Claude-style hooks, Codex hooks, Gemini CLI hooks, Antigravity CLI plugin hooks, Hermes Agent plugin hooks, Pi Agent extension hooks, Oh My Pi hooks, Qwen Code hooks, Kimi CLI hooks, OpenClaw internal hooks plus session transcripts, the Codex app-server, OpenCode plugins, and compatible IDE integrations so approvals, input requests, completions, and session summaries show up without babysitting terminal tabs.

If you have seen Vibe Island (opens in a new tab), Ping Island is positioned as an independent open-source alternative in the same category: a native macOS notch/menu bar surface for monitoring and controlling AI coding sessions.

Features

Ping Island focuses on the moments that actually interrupt coding flow, then keeps them visible and actionable from a native macOS notch surface.

• Attention-first UI - Stay compact until a session needs approval, input, review, or intervention.
• Act from the notch - Approve tools, deny requests, and answer follow-up prompts without hunting through tabs.
• Claude Code auto-approve - Turn on per-session auto-approval when you want Claude Code to stop pausing on every permission request.
• One-click return - Jump back to the right iTerm2, Ghostty, Terminal.app, tmux pane, or IDE window.
• SSH terminal support - Bootstrap a remote PingIslandBridge over SSH, rewrite remote hooks to point back at your Mac, forward remote Codex app-server activity and usage snapshots, and keep remote terminal activity visible in the same local Island UI.