Who makes it
One person, working in public
CodeCatch is built and maintained by Uros Gazvoda. Every change is on GitHub, with the reason for it.
About
A small Mac app, made in the open
CodeCatch reads your messages to find sign-in codes. An app like that should tell you who makes it, how it is built and what it never will do.
How it is built
Nothing hidden inside
A native Mac app, written in Swift, using only what macOS provides. There is no third-party code to audit and nothing that phones home.
- Every code it misses becomes a test
- Signed with a Developer ID, so macOS knows who made it
- One build for Apple silicon and Intel
What it stands for
Four promises
- Your codes stay on your Mac
- No account, no server, no analytics. The privacy page lists everything it reads, keeps and connects to.
- Open source
- An app that reads your messages should be open to inspection. Read the code.
- You stay in control
- Nothing is opened or typed for you unless you ask. You paste the code yourself, on a page you chose.
- It stays small
- It will not add a cloud or tracking, and it will not read anything beyond Messages, your mail and the Bitwarden logins you import.
We also say where other tools are the better choice: CodeCatch vs 2FHey, CodeCatch vs MessAuto.
Found a code it missed?
Send the message with the code replaced by another number. It becomes a test.
CodeCatch is independent. It is not affiliated with Apple, Google or Bitwarden. Updated .