Hercules

A quiet companion for macOS

Market news.
At the edge
of your day.

A small place for the stories that move markets. Catch a headline, check the related stock, and go straight to the source.

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Apple silicon · Developer preview · Backend and API keys required

A closer look
01The feed, just a click away
Hercules dark news panel with finance categories, a live status, and sample headlines with stock quotes.
Interface previews · sample content

Made to stay out of the way

A glance.
A little more.
The original.

Keep your focus where it belongs. Hercules lives in the menu bar and brings new stories to the edge of your screen.

02A brief heads-up
Compact Hercules alert showing a sample market headline and its related stock quote.
A new headline appears for 10 seconds. Click for the story, or let it slip away.
03Room for the details
Expanded Hercules article view showing sample story details, stock prices, quote times, and a link to read the original article.
A source description, related stocks, and one clear path to the original article.
01 / FOLLOW

News on your terms.

Checks your connected news providers every 60 seconds. Start with finance and business, then switch categories when your curiosity takes you elsewhere.

02 / CONNECT

The stock behind the story.

Related tickers sit beside quotes and their timestamps. Prices need a quote-provider connection and may be delayed. Open a ticker to see more.

03 / READ

Always a way to the source.

Skim the publisher’s description in a separate view, then open the original story in your browser. Your feed is waiting back in the menu bar.

See the flow

From headline to source.

HERCULES / INTERFACE WALKTHROUGH

A short interface walkthrough using sample content.

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A project in progress

Small app.
Open beginnings.

Hercules is an early personal project, built with Electron, React, and a Python backend. The code is open to explore, run, and improve.

Before you download

The desktop preview needs a running Hercules backend and your own news API keys. Stock prices also need a quote provider. The project README walks through the setup.

The macOS preview is ad-hoc signed and not notarized. Release availability and installation details are listed on GitHub.

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