PR reviews and merges,
in your menu bar
Live timeline of review requests, approvals, comments, and merges from the repos you watch. Native macOS notifications. Local polling — your token goes only to GitHub.
Watch it in action
GitHub: see why a pull request is stuck. Inbox to PR to the failing check, with blocked state and review age.
More videos →PR awareness without the email noise
Live PR Event Timeline
See review requests, approvals, comments, and merges as they happen — in your menu bar, not your inbox.
Desktop Notifications
Native macOS notifications for every event you care about. Configurable per-event-type so you're not pinged for every comment.
One-Click to PR
Click any notification and the PR opens in your browser. No GitHub web inbox tab, no email-thread excavation.
Fine-Grained PAT
Bring your own GitHub fine-grained personal access token, scoped read-only to the repos you choose. Stored in macOS Keychain only.
Local Polling
FavTray polls GitHub directly from your Mac. No proxy, no third-party server; your token goes only to GitHub.
Smart Filters
Watch only the repos that matter, ignore CI noise, and mute auto-merges. Default settings handle 80% of cases.
Built for the people who live in PRs
Open-source maintainers
PRs come in across multiple projects. Get the timeline in one place without watching email.
Read more →Code reviewers
When you're tagged for review, you know within a minute. No 'sorry I missed your ping' on Slack three hours later.
Read more →Engineering managers
Track team PR activity at a glance. See blockers before they become standup talking points.
Read more →Solo developers
Push code, get the merge notification, move on. No tab-juggling between GitHub and your editor.
Read more →Questions
Do I need a GitHub account?
Yes. You authenticate with a fine-grained personal access token (PAT) scoped to read notifications. No GitHub OAuth app, no FavTray account.
Where is my token stored?
macOS Keychain only. The PAT never touches FavTray's bundle and is sent only to api.github.com, never to a FavTray server. Polling happens directly from your machine to api.github.com.
Is GitHub Notifications free?
Yes, for 2 watched repos. The cap only stops you adding more: repos you watched during the trial stay watched. Pro, a one-time $4.99, watches unlimited repos, and the 7-day trial is unlimited.
What events trigger a notification?
Review requests, review submissions (approved/changes-requested), comments on PRs you authored or were mentioned in, and merge/close events. All event types are toggleable in settings.
Will it kill my battery?
No. Polling defaults to once per minute and uses GitHub's conditional-request headers, so most polls return instantly with no payload. CPU impact is negligible.
Stop missing PR reviews
Free for 2 repos. Unlimited with Pro, $4.99 once. 7-day unlimited trial — no credit card.