Scout - Open-source Mac app to monitor websites and get alerts
Scout is a free, open-source Mac app that runs in your menu bar, monitors websites for changes, and notifies you when there’s a match. Use it to track price drops, restocks, job postings, or any other updates you care about.
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My AI-generated app #2 is out! This one was built entirely from scratch using Claude Code.
It's called Scout, a simple Mac tray app that runs quietly in the background, checking websites you care about for updates. Waiting for an item to restock or drop in price? Watching for new job openings at a specific company? Scout automatically checks these websites at intervals you set, using AI to identify when your criteria are met. Once it finds a match, it sends you a notification—so you can set it up and forget about it.
Scout is completely free and open-source. It can use GPT-4.1-mini for fast and accurate results (requires an API subscription) or Llama 3.2, which runs locally and is entirely free (though a bit slower and less accurate).
Building apps with AI feels like a superpower, especially for someone like me who doesn’t have native coding skills. I'm having a ton of fun exploring what's possible!