Drift (Native)

macOS menubar app that shows the current hour as a percentage (0–100%) instead of minutes. Built for ADHD-adjacent brains that think in percentages, not base-60.

This is the native Swift/SwiftUI rewrite. The original Electron version lives in ../clock/.

What Changed

Metric	Electron	Native
Binary	~95MB	<5MB
Memory	~100MB	~20MB
Startup	2-3s	<200ms
CPU idle	0.1-0.5%	Undetectable

Requirements

• macOS 14.0+
• Xcode 16+
• XcodeGen (for project generation)

Build

# Generate Xcode project (only needed once, or after changing project.yml)
xcodegen generate

# Build from command line
xcodebuild build -scheme Drift -destination 'platform=macOS'

# Or open in Xcode
open Drift.xcodeproj

Test

xcodebuild test -scheme Drift -destination 'platform=macOS'

Architecture

Hybrid AppKit + SwiftUI:

• NSStatusItem (AppKit) for menubar text — SwiftUI's MenuBarExtra can't do custom dark transparent panels
• NSPanel subclass (AppKit) for the frameless, transparent floating window
• SwiftUI views inside the panel via NSHostingView
• NSMenu (AppKit) for right-click context menu

File Structure

Drift/
├── App/
│   ├── DriftApp.swift              # @main entry
│   └── AppDelegate.swift           # NSStatusItem, panel, context menu
├── Core/
│   ├── DriftTimeEngine.swift       # @Observable: percentage, phase, shift
│   └── ShiftConfig.swift           # Codable + UserDefaults persistence
├── Panel/
│   ├── DriftPanelWindow.swift      # NSPanel subclass (borderless, transparent)
│   ├── DriftPanelView.swift        # Root SwiftUI composition
│   ├── ProgressRingView.swift      # Circle().trim() ring
│   ├── TickMarksView.swift         # Canvas quarter tick marks
│   ├── DecorativeRingView.swift    # 120s rotating dashed ring
│   ├── CenterContentView.swift     # Percentage + clock time
│   ├── PhaseIndicatorView.swift    # Pulsing dot + phase label
│   ├── SegmentBarView.swift        # 4 progress segments
│   ├── ButtonRowView.swift         # "why 100?" and "time shift"
│   ├── InfoOverlayView.swift       # Philosophy explanation
│   └── ShiftOverlayView.swift      # Time shift configuration
├── Theme/
│   ├── DriftColors.swift           # All color constants
│   ├── DriftFonts.swift            # Font registration + accessors
│   └── DriftAnimations.swift       # Named timing curves
├── Resources/
│   ├── Assets.xcassets/
│   ├── Fonts/                      # JetBrains Mono + Space Grotesk
│   ├── Info.plist
│   └── Drift.entitlements
└── Utilities/
    ├── Color+Hex.swift
    └── View+FlashEffect.swift

Phases

• Fresh (0–24%): Green #4ADE80
• Flowing (25–49%): Yellow #FACC15
• Ticking (50–74%): Orange #FB923C
• Closing (75–100%): Red #F87171

License

MIT