# pock/pock

Widgets manager for MacBook Touch Bar

Repository: https://github.com/pock/pock
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pock
Homepage: https://pock.app
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: macbook-pro, touchbar, dock, macos, control-strip, widgets, display-macos-dock
Last push: 2022-11-12T18:15:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3279, "days_push": 1390, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 10145, forks 375 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.659870+00:00)

## What it is
Pock is a free, open-source macOS application that turns the MacBook Touch Bar into a customizable widget manager, showing things like the Dock, media controls, system status, and weather. It includes PockKit, a framework for developers to build custom widgets.

## Use cases
- display the macOS Dock in the Touch Bar to free up screen space
- control music playback with gestures from the Touch Bar
- monitor battery, WiFi, and time in the Touch Bar
- adjust brightness and volume via a Control Center widget
- show weather forecast in the Touch Bar
- build custom Touch Bar widgets with PockKit

## When to choose
- you have a MacBook Pro with a Touch Bar and want to maximize screen real estate
- you want quick access to Dock notifications, media controls, or system info without leaving your app
- you want an extensible, open-source Touch Bar manager with a widget SDK

## When to avoid
- your Mac has no Touch Bar (Touch Bar was discontinued after 2021 models)
- you need actively maintained software with recent updates
- you are unwilling to grant Accessibility or Screen Recording permissions

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: gui, developer-tools, plugin-system
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, desktop-applications
- platform: -
- tags: touchbar, widgets, macbook-pro, swift, open-source, customization, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- pock/pock (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.659870+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:19:41.443169+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pock/pock (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.659870+00:00, sha 571988b04ce2)
  - homepage: https://pock.app (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:22.251792+00:00, sha b09e177b44db)
  - site_page: https://pock.app/docs/catalina (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:22.254612+00:00, sha bce0e278c2db)
  - site_page: https://pock.app/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:19:22.256444+00:00, sha 29ebbd3184b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.