Rusty Notch
A living Dynamic Island for your desktop
Music controls, live synchronized lyrics, volume HUD, and an interactive desktop companion — tucked cleanly at the top of your screen.
Try the Notch Experience
Hover or click the notch below to test media controls, synced lyrics, mascot reactions, and color themes.
Everything You Need, Nothing You Don't
Designed to live subtly at the top of your screen without stealing your focus or your memory.
Now Playing Controls
Seamless media controls for Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music, and web players with cover art and scrub bar.
Live Synced Lyrics
Time-synced lyrics scroll smoothly under the notch line-by-line as your audio plays.
Animated Companion
A playful notch companion with expressive robot eyes that blink, wink, smirk, and react to your music.
Minimal Volume HUD
A sleek top-notch overlay that replaces the bulky default OS volume flyout with instant feedback.
Ambient Glow & Theming
Curated aesthetic presets and custom spectrum pickers with soft ambient backlighting.
Smart Auto-Hide
Automatically ducks out of sight when playing fullscreen games or watching movies for zero distraction.
Frequently Asked Questions
Get Rusty Notch
Free and open source for Windows 10, 11, and Linux. Current release: v1.1.0.
Wiseman
Frank Ocean