Desktop App

PrayCalc runs natively on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Prayer times in your menu bar or system tray, adhan notifications, Qibla direction, and Hijri calendar without opening a browser.

Overview

The desktop app lives in your menu bar (macOS) or system tray (Windows and Linux). It shows the next prayer name and time at a glance, with a popover for the full daily schedule.

No dock icon or separate window to manage. Just prayer times always visible.

Download

Download the latest release from github.com/ummeco/praycalc/releases.

Platform	File	Requirements
macOS	`PrayCalc.dmg`	macOS 14 Sonoma or later (Apple Silicon or Intel)
Windows	`PrayCalc-Windows.zip`	Windows 10 or later (x64)
Linux	`PrayCalc-Linux.tar.gz`	Ubuntu 22.04+ or equivalent (x64)
Linux (Debian)	`praycalc_amd64.deb`	Debian-based distributions

macOS — Homebrew

brew install --cask praycalc

macOS

The macOS app uses a native menu bar interface. It shows the next prayer name and time directly in the menu bar, with a popover for the full prayer schedule.

The menu bar shows the next prayer name and time: Asr 3:33 PM. Click to open the popover.

The popover shows:

Today’s date (Gregorian and Hijri)
All 5 prayer times in a clean list
Next prayer highlighted with a countdown
Qibla bearing from your location
Settings gear icon

Windows

The Windows app sits in the system tray (notification area). Right-click the tray icon for the full prayer schedule popover.

Features match the macOS version: prayer times, Qibla bearing, adhan notifications, calculation method settings, and Hijri date. Notifications use the Windows notification center.

Extract PrayCalc-Windows.zip, place the folder anywhere, and run praycalc.exe. Add it to Startup to launch automatically at login.

Linux

The Linux app runs on Ubuntu 22.04+ and other GTK3-compatible distributions. It sits in the system tray via the AppIndicator API.

Install the .deb package:

sudo dpkg -i praycalc_amd64.deb

Or extract the tarball and run the binary directly:

tar -xzf PrayCalc-Linux.tar.gz
./praycalc/praycalc

The tray icon shows the next prayer time. Click to open the prayer schedule popover.

Settings

Open settings from the gear icon in the popover (all platforms):

Calculation method: ISNA, MWL, Egypt, Umm al-Qura, Tehran, Karachi
Madhab: Shafii or Hanafi
Location: auto-detect using system location services, or enter coordinates manually
Launch at login: toggle to start PrayCalc at system startup
Notifications: choose which prayers trigger an alert

Notifications

PrayCalc sends a system notification at each prayer time. Configure which prayers trigger notifications in settings.

On macOS, notifications appear in Notification Center. On Windows, they use the Action Center. On Linux, they use the system notification daemon (libnotify).