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Every session,
one calm board.

Mastlight is a Mac app where every Claude Code session, on every account you use, tells you what it needs. You answer it in one place.

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The main window

Inbox 2
api-refactor~/work/apiA1ctx 41%
> Split the request handler into routes and services, then run the tests.
● I'll start with the handler.
  ⎿ Read src/server/handler.ts (318 lines)
● Edit src/server/routes.ts
  ⎿ Added 42 lines

Waiting on you api-refactor A1 3m

Run a command

npm test -- --watch=false

cwd ~/work/api

Claude says: Run the unit tests once

Falls back to the terminal in 9:12

A recreation of the main window with sample sessions. Try the buttons: answering a card here changes only this picture.

one vocabulary

Every session is in one state, and the state has a word.

Colour is for state only: amber when you are needed, red when something broke. Nothing relies on colour alone.

features

What it does, and nothing more.

Several Claude accounts, side by side

Sessions from every account sit in one list. Group by state, project or account, and see each account’s 5-hour and weekly limit next to it.

One inbox for every session

Whatever is waiting, on any account, lands in the inbox, oldest first. ⌘ J jumps to it. You answer in place, without hunting for the terminal.

The exact permission, plan or question

A card shows the real command, the plan, or the question with its options, built from what the session is asking. Answer with a key: 1 allows once, 3 denies. Each card is one decision. The Conversation view shows each session’s transcript as formatted Markdown: headings, lists, tables and code blocks.

Terminals that survive quitting

Each session runs in a built-in terminal owned by a small background helper, not by the window. Quit or update Mastlight and the sessions keep running. Open it again and every tab reattaches with its scrollback.

Restore after a crash or reboot

If the helper is killed or the Mac restarts, Mastlight offers “Restore 6 sessions” on the next launch. Each one resumes in its own folder and under its own account.

Sessions from other terminals show up too

A claude running in iTerm, Terminal or tmux appears on the board with an External tag, read-only, so nothing is hidden from you. When you want one here, choose “Bring into Mastlight” from the Mac window and confirm once. Claude exits in the old tab and the same conversation resumes inside Mastlight, with the same account and folder. If it is mid-turn, Mastlight can wait until it is idle first.

how it works

Three steps, about two minutes.

  1. Install

    Open the DMG and drag Mastlight onto Applications. The first time, right-click it and choose Open. Setup starts straight away.

  2. Sign in with Claude’s own /login

    Mastlight finds your Claude Code, offers the sign-ins already on your Mac, or opens a terminal where you run /login yourself. It never sees a credential.

  3. Start sessions

    Press ⌘ N, pick a folder and an account. When a session needs you it moves to the top, and ⌘ J takes you there.

privacy

It stays on your Mac.

Everything runs here

The window, the sessions and the engine that watches them all run on your Mac.

No account, no telemetry, no relay

There is nothing to sign up for and no server of ours. The only request the app makes by itself is a daily check for a newer version, which you can switch off.

Your credentials stay with Claude

Sign-ins stay where Claude keeps them, in the macOS Keychain or its own folder. Mastlight reads only the email and plan from each account, never a token.

This website has no analytics, cookies, forms or third-party requests either.

requirements

What you need.

A Mac with Apple silicon
Mastlight 1.0 is an arm64 build for macOS. Windows is planned, with no date.
Claude Code 2.1.85 or newer
That is the first version where a hook can answer a question. Setup checks the version it finds.
A Claude subscription
You sign in with your own. One account is enough.

questions

Questions people ask first.

macOS says it can’t open the app. What do I do?

The build is not signed with an Apple Developer ID yet, so macOS does not recognise it. The first time, right-click Mastlight in Applications, choose Open, then Open again in the dialog. After that it opens normally.

If macOS says the app is “damaged” and does not offer Open, run this once in Terminal: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Mastlight.app

For the same reason, the app never updates itself. It can tell you a newer version exists. It never downloads or installs one.

Is Mastlight made by Anthropic?

No. Mastlight is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic, and it runs the unmodified claude you already have.

Does it change my Claude settings?

No. The hook that shows cards is passed to each session on its own command line (claude --settings <file>). Your own settings files are never edited.

Can I use more than one Claude account?

Yes. Add each one by signing in with Claude’s own /login in a terminal inside Mastlight, or import the sign-ins already on your Mac. Each account has to be your own. Mastlight never sees a credential, and it does not switch accounts for you: a session starts under the account you pick.

We read Anthropic’s Consumer Terms (effective October 8, 2025) and Usage Policy (September 15, 2025) on 5 October 2026. They do not mention a limit on how many accounts one person may hold, and they do not allow sharing a login. Read them yourself: Consumer Terms.

What does it send over the network?

Nothing to us: there is no server of ours. The one request the app makes by itself is a once-a-day check for a newer version, which you can switch off in Settings. Claude Code itself talks to Anthropic as it always does.

Is there a Windows version?

Windows is planned. There is no date.

How do I remove it?

In Settings, Uninstall Mastlight (two confirmations) removes the app’s data, its logs and its background helper, then moves the app to the Trash. It does not touch ~/.claude*, your Claude sign-ins or other apps.

All quiet. Nothing is waiting on you.

That is the point. Mastlight is in early preview.

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