Early accessA mini OS that pops up when you need it.
Music, tasks, meetings, focus and more in a slim bar at the top of your screen, on Windows and Linux.
Opens when you need it, gone when you don't
Hover to open, move away and it's gone. It also steps aside when any video or game goes full screen.
Free to start
Music, clock, battery and alerts are free, with no time limit. Pro unlocks every panel.
Private by default
No account. Clips stay in memory. CalDAV passwords stay in your system keyring.
Two computers, one MintPop.
Home and office, any mix: Windows and Windows, Linux and Linux, or one of each.
Your notes, timers, clocks, radio and settings follow you, end-to-end encrypted, no account. Tasks follow you through TickTick.
One Pro key works on two computers. What syncs: notes, snippets, custom commands, layout and settings, calendar links (passwords stay on each computer), world clocks, focus presets, timers and countdowns, alarms, stock watchlist, radio favourites, followed podcasts and where you left off, and water settings.
Your day, organised in one hover.
- Tasks with reminders and two-way TickTick sync, including notes and subtasks.
- Agenda for several calendars, from calendar links and CalDAV accounts, each in its own colour.
- Meeting reminders 1 hour, 30, 15 or 5 minutes before, with a live countdown and a Join button.
- A focus timer that turns on Do Not Disturb, plus world clocks and a month calendar.
- Quick search: one keystroke to find or add anything.
- A calculator that understands plain English: percentages, tax, loans, units and live currency.
- Notes, snippets and a file shelf.
Do the maths in plain English
Percentages, tax, loans, units and live currency.
Join your next meeting on time
An alert 5 minutes before, with Join and Check camera.
Focus while notifications wait
Do Not Disturb turns on for you.
Know the time where your team is
Clocks for the cities you work with.
Capture a task before you forget it
Quick add with a reminder time. TickTick is optional.
- ✓Send invoice
- ✓Book cab, 6 pm
- ✓Call the printer
Small tools that save the extra step.
- Screenshot editor: drag an area, then blur, box, arrow, highlight or add text. Enter copies it, Ctrl+S saves it.
- Blur a password before you paste a screenshot.
- Clipboard history with text and pictures, kept in memory only and never saved.
- Price alerts for gold and stocks, where available.
- System stats, keep awake, a dictation button and your own commands menu.
- On Windows, volume and brightness changes show in the pop.
Find what you copied earlier
Searchable, and kept in memory only.
Pick a colour from anywhere
Click any colour on screen to copy its code.
Quick buttons: water, keep awake, mic mute (Ctrl+Alt+M), Do Not Disturb (Linux), dictation, screenshot, colour picker, your six favourite apps and your own commands menu. Where available, a Finance tab adds local gold rates and stock markets. Dictation, Finance and the commands menu are new: switch them on in Settings, under Experimental.
Gentle reminders, on your terms.
- Eye breaks using the 20-20-20 rule.
- Movement breaks to get you out of your chair.
- Water reminders.
- Every break is a calm card: mark it done, snooze it, or let it go.
Radio, podcasts and sports between tasks.
- Live radio: thousands of stations re-checked weekly, with station logos and the song name as it plays. Star the station that's playing; favourites sync.
- Podcasts: Following, Top worldwide and Top in your country from podcast charts. Search, speed and skip, and resume where you left off on every computer.
- Sports: football, cricket and basketball with Near Live scores, plus the F1 schedule, results and standings.
- Follow your teams and get alerts for start, goals, wickets and results.
- Sports is new, so you switch it on in Settings, under Experimental.
- Now playing for any music app, with album art.
Live radio, one hover away.
Pick a language, tap a station and keep working.
Sports data: football-data.org, CricketData.org, balldontlie.io and Jolpica F1.
Glance, and a few games for a break.
- Glance: your next meeting, focus timer, music, today's tasks and breaks on one screen.
- Built-in games for a short break: Tic-tac-toe, Sudoku, a word-guess game, 2048, Mines, Memory and Snake.
- Both are new and still being polished, so you switch them on in Settings, under Experimental.
What goes online, and when.
No account, no tracking, no analytics. Everything else stays on your computer.
Stays on your computer, unless you turn on Sync
- Tasks, notes, clips, file shelf and snippets
- Focus, timers, alarms, clocks and system stats
- Clipboard history, kept in memory only
- Sync and TickTick stay off until you turn them on
Goes online only for
- Activating Pro: your licence key and a hashed device code (never your name or files), to keep it to two computers
- Updates: checking for, and downloading, a new version
- Album art, when your music app gives a web link for it
- Radio: the station list from an open radio directory, and the station you play
- Podcasts: the directory and charts, through MintPop's own service
- Sports scores: through MintPop's own service, shared and cached
- CalDAV calendars: directly to your calendar provider
- Sync, if you turn it on: end-to-end encrypted, so we can't read it
- Your calendar link and TickTick, if you add them
- Currency and finance rates when you use them
Free vs ProStart free. Upgrade to use everything, on two computers. | Free | RecommendedPro |
|---|---|---|
| The pop | ||
| Music & playback controls | ✓ | ✓ |
| Clock, battery & system alerts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mic / camera in-use indicator | ✓ | ✓ |
| Steps aside when a video or game goes full screen | ✓ | ✓ |
| Live activity glow (timers, focus) | — | ✓ |
| Work | ||
| Tasks & reminders, TickTick sync (optional) | — | ✓ |
| Agenda with Join & camera check | — | ✓ |
| Several calendars & CalDAV | — | ✓ |
| Meeting reminders (1 h, 30, 15, 5 min) | — | ✓ |
| Focus timer with Do Not Disturb | — | ✓ |
| Timers, repeating alarms & countdowns | — | ✓ |
| Quick search | — | ✓ |
| Smart calculator, tax, units & currency | — | ✓ |
| Notes, snippets & file shelf | — | ✓ |
| World clocks | — | ✓ |
| Tools | ||
| Screenshot editor | — | ✓ |
| Clipboard history with picture clips | — | ✓ |
| Price alerts (gold & stocks, where available) | — | ✓ |
| System stats, keep awake, dictation button & commands (some Experimental) | — | ✓ |
| Wellbeing | ||
| Eye & movement breaks | — | ✓ |
| Water reminders | — | ✓ |
| Play | ||
| Live internet radio | — | ✓ |
| Podcasts | — | ✓ |
| Sports (Experimental) | — | ✓ |
| Across your computers | ||
| Windows & Linux | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use on 2 computers with one key | — | ✓ |
| Encrypted sync between them | — | ✓ |
Fair, simple pricing. No account needed.
Join early accessRequirements
- Windows
- Windows 10 or 11. Installs just for you, no admin needed.
- Linux
- Linux Mint, Ubuntu and similar, on an X11 session. Mint uses X11 by default; on Ubuntu or Fedora choose "Ubuntu on Xorg" (or similar) at the login screen. Wayland isn't fully supported yet; there, the screenshot button opens your system's screenshot tool.
Questions you might have.
Is it heavy?
No. Panels load only when opened, and background checks run only when something you follow is on.
Are sports scores live?
Near Live: usually within a minute or two of the match.
Is MintPop free?
Music, clock, battery and alerts are free with no time limit. Pro unlocks every panel.
How many computers can I use it on?
A Pro licence works on two computers, for example your home PC and your work laptop. To use a third, remove one first.
Do I need an account?
No. Pro uses a licence key. There's nothing to sign up for.
Will it work on my office laptop?
On Windows it installs just for you, with no admin rights needed. Some company IT policies still block new apps, so check with your IT team.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Only the things listed under “What goes online” need the internet.
What if it isn't for me?
See our refund policy.