CodeIsland for Mac
Real-time status panel for AI coding agents with session tracking and permission controls.
By wxtsky. Free and open source, MIT licence.
CodeIsland at a glance
- Version
- 1.0.36
- Released
- 10 October 2026
- Download size
- 13 MB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Artificial Intelligence
- Developer
- wxtsky
- GitHub stars
- 2.5K
About CodeIsland
Real-time AI coding agent status panel in your MacBook notch — live status, approvals & replies for 30+ AI coding tools, with iPhone & Apple Watch companions
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How to install CodeIsland on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for CodeIsland and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.0.36 from wxtsky's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to CodeIsland show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: CodeIsland.dmg (13 MB).
What is new in CodeIsland 1.0.36
### English **New** - **MiniMax Code CLI on the island.** `mcode` sessions show up as their own cards — live status, running tool, prompts and replies. mcode loads shell hooks only through a plugin, so CodeIsland writes a local plugin pack at `~/.minimax/plugins/codeisland/` (honours `$MINIMAX_DATA_DIR`) when MiniMax Code is installed; the next mcode session picks it up. Approvals can be answered from the island for 10 seconds — the longest mcode lets a plugin hook wait — after which mcode's own prompt takes over. Settings → Hooks → MiniMax Code CLI - **Xiaomi MiMo and MiMo Code on the island.** The Xiaomi MiMo desktop app (mainland and overseas editions) runs MiMo Code as its engine, and both load plugins from `~/.config/mimocode/plugins/`, so CodeIsland installs one plugin there (no MiMo config file is edited) and covers both: live status, running tool, session titles, completion alerts, and approvals and questions answered from the island or in MiMo, whichever comes first. Clicking a desktop session brings Xiaomi MiMo to the front; a `mimo` CLI session jumps back to its terminal. Restart MiMo once after updating so it loads the plugin. Settings → Hooks → MiMo Code / Xiaomi MiMo …
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