trajectory
Sits in your Mac's notch and shows how far you've actually gotten on a coding task — even when Claude Code or Cursor isn't running that session — so you stop losing track of scattered progress.
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Description
When you're juggling several coding tasks across different AI tools and terminal windows, it's easy to lose track of what's actually done versus what you just started. trajectory addresses that by living permanently in your MacBook's notch: you break a project into subtasks, move them through four honest progress stages, and the app shows your real status at a glance regardless of which AI tool (or none) is currently running.
Manual tracking is free forever, with no account needed — you can describe a project in a sentence and have it split into a checklist manually. The optional Pro tier ($3.99/month) adds AI-powered task breakdowns using your own Claude API key, activity summaries, and folder watching that can auto-detect progress from file saves and git commits. The company is explicit that it operates no servers: everything is stored locally on your device, and if you opt into AI features, only a scrubbed summary is sent directly from your device to Anthropic using your own key — trajectory itself never touches your data.
💬 Our review
The short version: trajectory's local-only, no-account, notch-native design is a genuinely honest architecture for a project-tracking tool, and free-forever manual tracking with a cheap $3.99/month AI upgrade is fair pricing for what's essentially a one-person indie project.
The realistic alternative is a to-do app or Kanban board (Things, Todoist, a Trello board), which does the same fundamental job of tracking subtask status but without the notch-native glanceability or the AI-assisted breakdown tied specifically to coding workflows. trajectory's real edge is being purpose-built for developers running multiple AI coding sessions who need a status view that doesn't depend on any particular tool being open. It's Mac-only and a small, single-developer product, so don't expect team features or cross-platform support — but for a solo developer's personal coding-task tracker, it's hard to beat free-forever plus a $3.99 upgrade.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Gratuit à vie : suivi manuel illimité, projets illimités, sans compte. Pro : 3,99 $/mois (répartitions IA, résumés d'activité, surveillance de dossiers, avec sa propre clé API Claude).
Pros
100% local, aucun serveur, aucune donnée qui transite sans opt-in explicite
Suivi manuel gratuit à vie, sans compte requis
Vue permanente dans le notch, indépendante de l'outil IA utilisé
Upgrade Pro très abordable (3,99 $/mois) avec sa propre clé API
Cons
Mac uniquement, aucune version Windows/Linux
Projet solo, pas de fonctions d'équipe
Design spécifique au notch, moins utile sur Mac sans notch
IA nécessite votre propre clé API Claude