Numbers with dollar signs, dashes, and abbreviations — sane.
Currency-aware arithmetic that keeps the units straight, expands k/m/b, and handles calculator-style percentages.
$450,344.20 − 100k − 10815
$339,529.20
Menu bar · macOS 14+
A search bar
that computes.
Beam is what happens when Spotlight gets tired of only opening apps. Math, currency, calendar events, contacts, phone calls — one keystroke away.
What it knows
One bar. Every kind of question.
Beam skips the "which app should I open" step. Type the thing, get the answer.
Any currency, any date, back to 1999.
ECB reference rates via Frankfurter (free, no API key). "on september 2025", "5/21", or a full date — Beam figures it out.
1 usd to cny on 5/21/25
7.20 CNY
on 2025-05-21
Bare numbers default to days after a date.
Chain months, weeks, and days — or skip the unit word entirely when the base is obviously a date.
10/1 + 30 + 25
November 25, 2026
Type an event the way you'd say it.
Title, time, and multi-part venue parsed together. Shift+Enter to pick a calendar; a default calendar lives in Settings.
Global Entry Interview JFK Airport Terminal 4 8:30 fri
Fri, Jul 31 · 8:30 AM
at JFK Airport, Terminal 4
Ring a phone from your Mac, silently.
Enter dials via iPhone Continuity through Contacts.app — no popup, no FaceTime window. "All options…" pops a menu with every phone, email, and FaceTime target.
Fesco
FESCO Trading Co.
+1 (212) 260-0666 · call, message, FaceTime
Address lookup with a name attached.
Apple Maps under the hood, US-biased region. Grab a full-formatted address or drop the place straight into a calendar event.
mount sinai hospital nyc
The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10029
Convert time across cities or US states.
"12:30pm ny to utah", "3pm to sydney" — cities, states, or TZ identifiers all work.
12:30pm ny to utah
12:30 PM New York → 10:30 AM Denver
Everything else — because sometimes you just need one.
Bare units auto-convert (58" → 147 cm, 5 lb → 2.27 kg). Emoji + Unicode grids with keyboard focus. Ask AI via Ollama.
58"
147.32 cm
Setup
Two steps, then ⌥Space forever.
i.
Download and drag Beam.app to Applications.
Signed with Apple Developer ID and notarized. macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. Universal binary — Apple Silicon and Intel.
ii.
Open once. Press ⌥ Space.
Grant Contacts, Calendar, and Automation the first time each is asked. Updates arrive automatically via Sparkle — no App Store required.
Changelog
Every release, in one place.
Pulled live from the Sparkle appcast the app itself checks against.
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