Every time you hit Cmd+Tab, Squirrel Trap asks one tiny question: what are you about to do? Name it, and you're far less likely to wander off chasing something shiny.
macOS 14 or later. Signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens with no warnings.
Switching apps is exactly when focus slips. Squirrel Trap turns that split second into a quick check-in.
Like you do a few hundred times a day, usually on autopilot.
"What are you about to do?" Type it, dictate it, or just glance and keep going.
Everything you name lands on a running list you can check off as you actually get to it.
Everything is optional. Out of the box it's just the prompt and the list.
Save the to-dos you log often and re-add them in one click.
Need an uninterrupted stretch? Silence the prompt for a few minutes without quitting.
Mirror your list to Apple Reminders, one way or both ways. Your call.
Keep every Mac in step through your own private iCloud, with near-instant updates.
Have every new to-do nudge you after a set time, no extra taps.
Sixteen colors, Trello-style, for a quick visual sort at a glance.
A quiet day-streak, today's count, and a 7-day activity graph. Plus a little celebration when you finish things.
It's a normal Mac text field, so Dictation and Wispr Flow just work.
Lives in your menu bar, stays out of the way, and one permission is all the setup there is.
No account. No server. Your list is a plain file on your own disk, and nothing leaves your Mac unless you switch something on.
Squirrel Trap only listens for the Cmd+Tab keypress. It never records anything else you type.
Download the zip, unzip it, and drag Squirrel Trap.app wherever you like (Applications, Desktop, anywhere). It's signed and notarized, so it opens normally.
That's how macOS lets an app notice the Cmd+Tab keypress. It's listen-only, and Squirrel Trap ignores everything except that one shortcut. The app walks you through granting it on first launch. If it doesn't appear in System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, Input Monitoring, click +, and add the app manually.
It's one small box you can dismiss instantly, and Snooze turns it off for as long as you want when you're heads-down. Most people find a gentle speed bump is exactly the point.
No. It's free.
Quit from the menu bar icon and drag the app to the Trash. To clear your history too, delete ~/Library/Application Support/SquirrelTrap/ and ~/Library/Preferences/com.jtoeman.squirreltrap.plist.
This is an early, personal project and feedback is gold. Open a GitHub issue.
