🐶 macOS menu bar app

Alerts you
can't miss

A small app for your Mac menu bar. It shows every Datadog monitor at a glance and fires an unmissable popup the moment a P1 breaks.

Free and open source Keys stay on your Mac Every Datadog site
Datadog Assistant menu bar dropdown showing monitors grouped by state, with a monitor submenu
Get it

Two ways to start

Not technical? Download the app and a simple installer sets it up. A developer? Grab the source and run it your way.

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Download the app

One download. Double click it and a clean installer steps you through your region, your Datadog login, and setup. No Terminal. The 🐶 shows up in your menu bar when it is done.

Download for macOS
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Build from source

One dependency light Python file. Clone it, run the installer script, send a PR. MIT licensed.

git clone https://github.com/mxnyawi/datadog-assistant && ./install.sh Open the repo
Why it helps

Built for on-call

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Impossible to ignore

Banners and sound for every change, plus a modal popup macOS can't silence for the P1s that can't wait.

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Context on every alert

A live sparkline, current value versus threshold, how long it has been firing, and which hosts triggered.

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Smart No Data triage

Tells a dead host apart from a quiet monitor, so you only get woken for real breakage.

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One click Jira

File a ticket from any alert, or auto create for P1 and P2, with open ticket dedupe.

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Incidents and dashboards

Active Datadog incidents and your real dashboards, right in the menu.

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Keys stay home

API keys or OAuth, stored in the macOS Keychain. Never on a server, never in a config file.

See it

One glance away

macOS notification banners for a Datadog alert and recovery
Native banners for every alert and recovery.
Critical modal popup that stays on screen until dismissed
An unmissable popup for the criticals.
Menu dropdown with a monitor submenu
Priority, sparkline, hosts and actions per monitor.
Preferences submenu with toggles
Tune every behaviour from the menu bar.
After you download

Set up in a minute

Double click the app and a simple installer does the rest. No Terminal, no commands.

Installer welcome screen
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Open the installer

Double click the download. The first time, right click then Open to pass the macOS prompt.

Installer choose your Datadog site step
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Choose your site

Pick your Datadog region. With OAuth it is detected for you.

Installer sign in step with API and App key fields
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Sign in

Paste your keys or use OAuth. Stored in the macOS Keychain, never on a server.

Installer all set screen
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Find the 🐶

The installer finishes and the dog appears in your menu bar. That is it.

Good to know

Questions

Is it safe? Where do my keys go?

Your Datadog and Jira credentials live in the macOS Keychain on your machine, or your password manager. They are never sent to a server. The app is open source, so you can read exactly what it does.

Why does macOS say "unidentified developer"?

The app is not signed with a paid Apple certificate, so macOS warns you the first time. Right click the app and choose Open. If macOS still will not open it, go to System Settings, then Privacy and Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway. You only do this once. You can also build it yourself from source.

Does it cost anything?

No. It is free and MIT licensed. You only need your own Datadog account and API access.

Which Datadog sites work?

All of them. US1, EU, US3, US5, AP1 and Gov. With OAuth the region is detected automatically.

Stop missing alerts

Put your Datadog monitors where you will actually see them.