I was tired of pressing ⌘ + i all the time so I built this! It monitors clicks, and arrow key presses to keep track of the currently selected file. It displays all the metadata found in the menu bar or in the panel inspector.
About Informant on Product Hunt
“Inspect files on macOS with a single click.”
Informant launched on Product Hunt on August 22nd, 2021 and earned 131 upvotes and 21 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. I was tired of pressing ⌘ + i all the time so I built this! It monitors clicks, and arrow key presses to keep track of the currently selected file. It displays all the metadata found in the menu bar or in the panel inspector.
On the analytics side, Informant competes within Productivity and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Informant performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Informant?
Informant was hunted by Ty Irvine. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Informant including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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