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Amhara is a native macOS menu bar app that watches for apps you've forgotten are open and can close them automatically, keeps an eye on CPU and memory in the background, and lets you set up Focus Modes: named setups that close what you don't want open and launch and arrange what you do, triggered with a shortcut, a schedule, or a calendar event.
No. The apps you use, your Focus Mode setups, and your window layouts are stored on your Mac and never leave it, there's no analytics, no telemetry, and no third-party tracking built into the app. The only network connection Amhara ever makes is the optional one for signing into your account to manage beta access, and that only sends your account email and login token, never anything about what you're doing on your Mac.
macOS requires an Accessibility permission for any app that arranges windows or closes other apps on your behalf, the same permission window managers and automation tools use. Amhara asks for it once, you grant it in System Settings, and it's used only for the features you've turned on: tiling windows into a layout, closing idle or unwanted apps, and checking for unsaved documents before it closes anything. It doesn't read the contents of your files or your screen.
Auto-close is off by default, nothing closes unless you turn it on. Even then, apps like Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Finder are permanently exempt from every close Amhara can trigger, a second tier like Figma and Photoshop gets a 2-minute warning first, and Amhara checks for unsaved documents in known editors before closing anything, idle-based or manual.
No. Idle-app detection, Focus Modes, and monitoring all run locally on your Mac and work fine offline. An internet connection is only needed if you choose to sign in to manage your beta access.
macOS 26 or later. Amhara is a menu bar-only app with no Dock icon, so it sits quietly in your menu bar rather than taking up space in your Dock or app switcher.
Amhara is currently in private beta and free to use while it's in beta. Join the waitlist for access, pricing after the beta hasn't been announced yet.
Yes. It's a regular Mac app with no separate installer or background helper, quitting it and moving it to the Trash removes it the same way as any other app. Since everything it stores lives on your own Mac rather than a server, there's nothing left behind anywhere else.