Waiting for DNS?
Get notified instead.
You changed a record. Now you're re-running dig every two minutes like it owes you money. DigBar watches your DNS across Cloudflare, Google, Quad9 and your own Mac, and pings you the moment every resolver agrees.
Click the orange row to watch propagation land.
Propagation, without the refresh ritual.
Built for developers and agencies who migrate domains, switch servers, and promise clients "it should be live within the hour".
Four resolvers, one glance
Every watch queries your Mac's resolver, Cloudflare, Google and Quad9 in parallel. Four dots tell you exactly who has caught up.
A ping when it lands
The moment every resolver agrees, DigBar sends a notification. Change the record, close the lid on the problem, keep working.
Wait for a specific value
Add site.nl A 46.23.85.107 and DigBar waits for exactly that answer. Perfect for server migrations.
Every record type you use
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT and NS. Watch the mail cutover and the domain move at the same time.
Menu bar badge
A subtle badge shows while anything is still propagating. Gone means done, glanceable from any app.
Sensible polling
Checks every minute while a record is moving, and winds down to every ten minutes once it has settled.
Native and tiny
Pure SwiftUI, ~1 MB, no Electron, no daemon. It runs dig so you don't have to.
Private by default
Your watches never leave your Mac. No account, no analytics. The only requests are the DNS queries themselves and license validation.
Change the record, then let go.
Add a watch
Type the domain, record type, and optionally the value you're waiting for. Chips preview exactly what DigBar will watch.
Keep working
DigBar polls the resolvers in the background. The menu bar badge tells you something is still on its way.
Get the ping
When all four resolvers return your value, you get a macOS notification. No tab, no terminal, no doubt.
Fair questions.
Does "propagated" mean the whole internet sees it?
Almost. DigBar samples the resolvers that answer the vast majority of real-world lookups: Cloudflare (1.1.1.1), Google (8.8.8.8), Quad9 and your own Mac's resolver. When all four agree, stragglers are only ever a TTL away. It's the same signal you'd get from a propagation checker website, minus the refreshing.
How does it check?
With dig, the same tool you'd use by hand, queried directly against each resolver. Once a minute while a record is moving, every ten minutes once it's settled.
Will macOS warn me about the app?
No. DigBar is signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple, so it installs and opens without any Gatekeeper warnings.
What does it cost?
€7.50, once. That includes a license for 3 Macs and free updates. Try it free for 7 days first, no account needed. Payments and licensing are handled by Polar.
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