macOS Client

Keywords

openme macOS, openme menu bar, openme Mac app, SPA macOS, knock macOS

The openme macOS app lives in the menu bar. Click the icon to knock from any app without switching windows.

Download

Download for macOS →

openme menu bar icon

Install

  1. Download the .dmg from the Download page.
  2. Open the .dmg and drag openme to /Applications.
  3. Launch openme — it appears in the menu bar.
Note

macOS may show a security dialog on first launch because the app is not distributed through the App Store. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.

Add a Profile

  1. Click the openme menu-bar icon.
  2. Select Manage Profiles → Add Profile.
  3. Enter the profile details, or click Scan QR and scan the QR code generated by openme add --qr <name> on the server.

Add profile dialog
Field Description
Name Friendly label for this server (e.g. “Home Server”)
Server Hostname or IP of the server
Port UDP knock port (default: 54154)
Server public key Curve25519 public key — from openme add output
Your private key Ed25519 private key — generated by openme add

Send a Knock

  1. Click the openme menu-bar icon.
  2. Click the profile name to knock immediately.

Menu-bar knock menu
Note

The app sends a UDP packet and does not wait for a response — the server never replies. A brief notification confirms the packet was sent.