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The Fortress desktop app is an Electron shell that loads fortressproductivity.com and adds the system integrations you’d expect from a native app: a menu bar tray, a global hotkey, a dock badge, and native notifications. It is signed, notarized, and updates itself in the background.

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Install

Download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page and open the .dmg. Drag Fortress into /Applications and launch it like any other app. The first launch signs you in through your default browser; from there the app remembers the session.

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What you get

  • Menu bar tray — quick access from the macOS status bar without focusing the window.
  • Global hotkey — surface the Fortress window from anywhere without alt-tabbing.
  • Dock badge — unread question and task counts mirror the web app’s tab badge.
  • Native notifications — system notifications when an agent finishes work or asks a question.
  • Single-instance lock — launching Fortress a second time focuses the existing window instead of opening a duplicate.
  • Auto-update — electron-updater checks the GitHub Releases feed in the background and applies updates on next launch.

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Updates

Updates are delivered through the same GitHub Releases feed that powers the installer. When a new build is published the app downloads it in the background and applies it on next launch — no action needed. To force a check, quit and relaunch the app.

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Troubleshooting

macOS Gatekeeper occasionally quarantines apps downloaded from the browser even when they’re notarized. Right-click the app in /Applications and choose Open the first time to clear the quarantine flag.
Open System Settings → Notifications → Fortress and confirm notifications are allowed. Fortress requests permission on first launch; if you dismissed the prompt you’ll need to enable it manually here.
Another app may have claimed the same shortcut. Quit any conflicting app, then relaunch Fortress to re-register the hotkey.