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The cubic desktop app puts your review queue in the menu bar or system tray, one click away from any app. It also sends a notification when cubic finds issues on one of your PRs. Reviews work the same as in the browser, with grouped changes, AI chat, and GitHub sync.

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Download

Download the app at cubic.dev/download. Choose the version for your computer:
  • macOS: Apple Silicon or Intel.
  • Windows: x64 installer.
  • Linux: AppImage.
Open the app and sign in with your GitHub account.

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Check your inbox from the menu bar

On macOS and Windows, click the cubic icon in the menu bar or system tray. It shows the top of your inbox: Needs you and Ready to merge, then Waiting on others, which starts collapsed. Hover a PR that waits on your review and select Approve, or hover a PR that’s ready to merge and select Merge. Click a PR to open it in the app. The app icon shows how many PRs are in Needs you and Ready to merge.

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Get notified about your PRs

The app shows a notification when one of your PRs needs you:
  • cubic found issues on it. If auto-fix is on for that PR, auto-fix handles the issues instead, and the app doesn’t notify you.
  • CI failed on its latest commit.
  • It has a merge conflict, including one caused by another PR merging into its base branch.
  • It’s ready to merge: approved, checks passing, and GitHub allows the merge. Drafts don’t get this notification.
If the app shows you a notification while you’re at your computer, cubic doesn’t send the matching Slack DM. Notifications sent while your computer slept or the app was offline appear when it reconnects, as one summary when there are more than three.

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Open the command bar from any app

Press Control + Option + C on macOS or Control + Alt + C on Windows and Linux to bring the app forward with the command bar open. If your clipboard holds a PR link, that PR is the first result.

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Open a PR from the browser

After you sign in to the app, PR and inbox links that you open in your browser offer to open in the app. Once one opens there, choose Always open links in the app to skip the offer next time. On a PR in cubic, you can also choose Open in Desktop from the PR actions menu (⋯) to continue in the app. See Review a pull request for the full workflow. Keyboard shortcuts covers navigation.