Ombrelle quietly dims everything except your active window no clutter, no noise, just what matters right now. Switch between Focus, Flow, or Evening. You'll only really feel what it does the day you turn it off.
I know this type of app already exists. I’ve personally used similar focus tools on macOS for a long time, especially HazeOver, and Ombrelle started from a simple idea: what would my own version of this concept look like if I built it with my taste, my workflow, and the details I care about?
So I built Ombrelle: a macOS menu bar app that keeps your active window clear while gently dimming everything else in the background.
My goal wasn’t to reinvent focus. It was to create a calmer, cleaner, more polished experience for people who want their Mac to feel less visually noisy while they work.
I spent a lot of time refining the small details: resource usage, multi-display behavior, app exclusions, presets, performance, and the overall feeling of the app once it’s running. I wanted Ombrelle to feel useful, but also unobtrusive.
For the launch, you can use the code PH30.
I’m excited to hear your feedback and build the roadmap together!
My vision: to create the most polished and unobtrusive focus utility for macOS.
About Ombrelle on Product Hunt
“Modern window dimming, built for focus for macOS”
Ombrelle launched on Product Hunt on July 23rd, 2026 and earned 72 upvotes and 6 comments, placing #36 on the daily leaderboard. Ombrelle quietly dims everything except your active window no clutter, no noise, just what matters right now. Switch between Focus, Flow, or Evening. You'll only really feel what it does the day you turn it off.
On the analytics side, Ombrelle competes within Mac, Productivity, Menu Bar Apps and OpenAI Day — topics that collectively have 772.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Ombrelle performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Ombrelle?
Ombrelle was hunted by Lionel Guichard. 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 Ombrelle including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Lionel Guichard
👋 Hey everyone,
I’m Lionel, the indie maker behind Ombrelle.
I know this type of app already exists. I’ve personally used similar focus tools on macOS for a long time, especially HazeOver, and Ombrelle started from a simple idea: what would my own version of this concept look like if I built it with my taste, my workflow, and the details I care about?
So I built Ombrelle: a macOS menu bar app that keeps your active window clear while gently dimming everything else in the background.
My goal wasn’t to reinvent focus. It was to create a calmer, cleaner, more polished experience for people who want their Mac to feel less visually noisy while they work.
I spent a lot of time refining the small details: resource usage, multi-display behavior, app exclusions, presets, performance, and the overall feeling of the app once it’s running. I wanted Ombrelle to feel useful, but also unobtrusive.
For the launch, you can use the code PH30.
I’m excited to hear your feedback and build the roadmap together!
My vision: to create the most polished and unobtrusive focus utility for macOS.