Dock Badges

Notification badge counts from your Dock, in the menu bar — for people who hide their Dock.

If you auto-hide your Dock, the red badges on Slack, Messages, Mail, etc. are invisible until you go looking for them. Dock Badges keeps a small symbol in the menu bar that shows a badge and the total count whenever any app in your Dock has notifications, so you never miss one.

Features

• Works with every app in your Dock — pinned or running
• Menu bar symbol with a badge and the summed count when notifications are waiting
• Dropdown lists the apps that currently have badges; click one to open it
• Optionally hide the menu bar item entirely while everything is clear
• Choose a Circle, Bell or App symbol, in Filled or Outline style; it turns red when notifications are waiting
• Monochrome icon that matches your menu bar, light or dark
• View Notifications command lists the apps with badges in Raycast, so you can jump to one without the mouse
• Ignore apps whose badges you don't care about; they're left out of the menu bar count and listed separately

Setup

Dock Badges reads badge counts through macOS Accessibility, so Raycast needs to be allowed under System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. If permission is missing, the menu bar item will say so and take you straight to the setting.

View Notifications

Shortcut	Action
↵	Open the app
⌘⇧H	Ignore / stop ignoring the app
⌘R	Refresh

It can also be opened from the menu bar dropdown with View in Raycast (⌘L).

Preferences

Preference	Description
Icon	Circle, Bell or App symbol
Icon Style	Filled or Outline
Show total count next to the icon	Display the summed badge count next to the icon
Hide menu bar item when there are no badges	Remove the item when no app has a badge

Notes

• Badge counts refresh every 10 seconds in the background.
• Only apps that appear in the Dock (pinned or currently running) are tracked.
• If a preference change doesn't show up after the next refresh, toggle Background Refresh off and on in the command's settings.