System requirements
FocusDragon requires macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. It ships as a universal binary, so it runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. You don't need anything else preinstalled — no Homebrew, no Xcode, no command line tools.
Download and install
- Go to focusdragon.app and click the download button — you'll get a DMG file (around 89 MB).
- Double-click the DMG to mount it. Finder opens a window with the FocusDragon icon and a shortcut to the Applications folder.
- Drag FocusDragon.app onto the Applications folder shortcut.
- Eject the DMG (right-click it in Finder → Eject) and double-click FocusDragon in /Applications to launch.
First-launch Gatekeeper
FocusDragon is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, but it's distributed outside the Mac App Store. On the very first launch macOS may ask you to confirm — click "Open" in the dialog. After that first confirmation, FocusDragon launches like any other app.
On macOS 15 (Sequoia) and later, Apple removed the old right-click → Open shortcut. If the dialog offers only "Move to Trash" and "Done" — for example "Apple could not verify FocusDragon is free of malware" — click Done, then open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to the Security section, and click "Open Anyway" next to FocusDragon. You'll be asked for your password or Touch ID, and the app opens. Don't click Move to Trash.
That message usually means macOS couldn't complete its check rather than that anything is wrong with the app — most often because the copy you launched didn't come from our DMG (a build shared over chat, AirDrop or a cloud-synced folder can lose the Apple notarisation ticket). If "Open Anyway" isn't offered, delete that copy and reinstall from the DMG at focusdragon.app, which is signed and notarised on every release. Still stuck? Email support and we'll look at it.
Auto-updates
Once installed, FocusDragon updates itself via its built-in auto-update. New releases are signed, notarized, and served from focusdragon.app — you'll see an in-app prompt when one is available and the update applies after a quick restart.