MeetPaw: Instant meetings from your mac menu bar

Version 0.1.0 shipped on 15 Oct and requires macOS 14 or later (Apple silicon & Intel). The app is not notarized yet, so first launch requires a right-click and Open. Scheduling works from the same menu: a title, date, time, and guest list produce an event with a link attached, and a live conflict check across every connected calendar runs before it is saved. The menu also surfaces calendar events with a Meet link in the next 24 hours. MeetingBar is the closest open-source comparison, integrating with over 50 services and creating ad-hoc meetings. Its Mac App Store version has 500,000+ installations and a 4.8-star rating, according to its own project page. MeetPaw differs mainly in data handling: account tokens live in the macOS Keychain and never leave your device, and there are no analytics, no ads, and no servers in between. For AI founders, the notable detail is the dependency chain. Instant links rely on Google's Meet API and calendar scopes, so each provider's consent and review rules shape what a tool like this can do. Any AI assistant that reads or writes calendar data faces the same constraints, and a product built on those permissions should plan for revocation and re-verification.