Vibes
A Mac app that shows which friends in your group are coding right now, built from local Git activity.
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Description
Working alone as a developer can feel isolating even when you know other people are grinding on their own projects at the same time — you just can't see it. Vibes turns that invisible parallel work into something social: it's a small Mac app that shows which friends in your private group are currently coding, and roughly how much they've coded that day, like a lightweight presence feed built just for programmers.
It reads your local Git activity to detect coding sessions but deliberately strips out anything sensitive — no repository paths, no commit messages, no filenames are shared, only the fact that you're active. Friends join via one-time invite links, and the app offers both an 'orbit' visual view and a simple list view, with light/dark mode. It requires macOS 26+ on Apple Silicon, and only makes sense for small, trusted friend groups rather than large teams.
💬 Our review
The short version: a charming, low-stakes app that scratches a real itch — feeling connected to friends who code — without needing anyone to actually share code or even talk; whether it's more than a novelty depends entirely on whether your friend group would actually use it.
It's not really competing with team tools like VS Live Share (live pair-programming) or Discord's status integrations (which show 'coding' generically); Vibes is narrower and more private, closer to a Snapchat-style presence feed but for programmers. The privacy-by-design choice (no code content, ever) is genuinely well thought out. The honest limitation is network effect: it's only fun if enough of your friends install it too, and the macOS 26+/Apple Silicon requirement narrows who can even try. Worth it for a tight-knit group of dev friends who'd enjoy the ambient-presence vibe; skip it if you're looking for an actual collaboration tool.
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Pros
Confidentialité par design
Idée simple bien exécutée
Gratuit
Cons
macOS 26+ Apple Silicon requis
Utile seulement si les amis l'installent aussi
Fonctionnalité très restreinte