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Install dot with Homebrew Cask
Menu bar calendar with meeting reminders. Version 2.4.3 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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Package summary
Menu bar calendar with meeting reminders
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Commands and aliases
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Project history and usage
Dot is a native macOS menu-bar calendar and meeting assistant that reads the system Calendar store, displays schedules and reminders, and provides shortcuts for joining online meetings.
Project history
Dot was created by Prateek Keshari after repeatedly missing meetings while focused on other work. Its 2026 release series expanded beyond a menu-bar agenda and meeting reminders into command-bar actions, world clocks, composable menu-bar tokens, event creation and editing, and Apple Reminders integration.
Adoption history
Dot is aimed at people who manage meetings and calendars throughout the workday but prefer an always-available menu-bar interface. The official site says it requires no Dot account and works with calendars already connected to macOS, including iCloud, Google, Outlook, and Exchange.
How it is used
Users browse calendars and agendas from the menu bar, create or edit events, search schedules, receive meeting alerts, and join supported video calls. Dot reads accounts configured in macOS Calendar; calendar permission is granted through System Settings. The locally stored license key resides in macOS Keychain, while calendar data remains on the Mac.
Why package nerds care
Dot exemplifies the modern native macOS productivity cask: a proprietary SwiftUI application distributed outside the Mac App Store, installable through Homebrew, and integrated with system data through Calendar and Reminders rather than its own synchronization service.
Timeline
- February 2026: Version 2.1 added world-clock and day-summary features.
- March 2026: Version 2.2 added the Command Bar.
- July 2026: Version 2.3 added Apple Reminders integration.
- August 2026: Version 2.3.4 improved reminder presentation and menu-bar countdowns.
Related projects
- Apple Calendar
- Apple Reminders
- Google Calendar
- Microsoft Outlook
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Webex
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security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for dot. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
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| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
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| No executable data was present. | |||
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Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-11-04
manager version2.4.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected
https://github.com/prateekkeshari/dot-releases
- infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
- infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/prateekkeshari/dot-releasesnone confidence
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:dot |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.4.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/dot |
| Homepage | https://www.trydot.app/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/prateekkeshari/dot-releases |
| Upstream docs | https://www.trydot.app/ |
| Source archive | https://github.com/prateekkeshari/dot-releases/releases/download/v2.4.3/Dot-2.4.3.dmg |
| SHA-256 | ad7577a6ffdc57e0ae8cf82260dc360f53ec0a4e92393b22490a510218bffa89 |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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Source database details
| Source Database | Homebrew cask API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/cask |
| Full Token | dot |
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| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
source trail
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