DotQuit

Early signal

Quit macOS apps when their last window closes

Launched 1mo ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

Decaying

Vote pace down to 5% of launch speed.

+37%Launching in a 37% WoW growing category.

Mac had 89 launches this week vs 65 last.

15Founder Conviction Index: 15 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

today

Projected end-of-day votes

9range 7–12

Trajectory

decaying

Vote pace down to 5% of launch speed.

Speed vs peers

1×

61 Productivity launches

About

DotQuit is an open-source, lightweight macOS menu bar utility written natively in Swift. Closing an app's last window on macOS often leaves it idling in memory. DotQuit solves this by gracefully quitting apps when their last window closes. • Native Swift with ~19MB RAM footprint • AXObserver-based gentle termination (no force-kill) • Customizable app whitelist • Apple Notarized & open source (GPLv3)

AI Summary

DotQuit is an open-source macOS utility that automatically quits applications when their last window is closed, preventing them from idling in memory. It is written in Swift, has a low RAM footprint, and includes features like a customizable app whitelist and gentle termination.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement—

not measured

Signal sources

2 of 6 active

Launch tracking9 readings since we picked it up
AI analysisProductivity
Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
Revenue signalsno match on this domain
Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.