For macOS
A menu bar app that copies each code from your texts and email, and shows sign-in links too. Press ⌘V and you’re in, in any browser or app.
Free · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Reads codes from
Messages and SMS
Apple Mail
Gmail and other mail
BitwardenEverywhere you can paste
The code is copied before you look for it. Your cursor stays in the code field, so you just press ⌘V.
Sign-in links
Emails with a sign-in link show up next to your codes. You always see where a link goes, and CodeCatch warns you if it leads to a different site than the sender’s.
Opens sign-in.example, not notion.so. Check it before you sign in.
History and search
The menu keeps your codes and links for seven days. Type a name to find one, then press Return to copy it.
Try the search.
No codes match
Bitwarden
Import your Bitwarden logins once, then find their codes in the same menu. Codes are made on your Mac and stay hidden until you unlock with Touch ID or your password.
Private by design
No account. No server. These are the app’s real privacy settings.
On Screen
Clipboard
History
Why it exists
Every sign-in was the same chore. Wait for the code. Pick up my phone. Check Messages, then each of my mail accounts. The Mac’s own code autofill helped sometimes, but too often it never showed up.
So I built the app I wanted: one place on my Mac where every code shows up the moment it arrives. I’m Uros Gazvoda, and I build CodeCatch on my own. Every change is on GitHub, with the reason for it.
How it compares
| Feature | CodeCatch | Built-in macOS autofill | 2FHey | MessAuto |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works in | Any app | Safari (other browsers on macOS 26) | Any app | Any app |
| Email codes | Apple Mail, Gmail, other mail | Apple Mail only | No | Apple Mail only |
| Sign-in links | Yes, and shows where they lead | No | No | No |
| Code history | 7 days, searchable | No | No | No |
| Two-step codes | Bitwarden | Apple Passwords | No | No |
| Touch ID lock | Yes | No | No | No |
| Languages | 35 | Not stated | 6 | Not stated |
| Open source | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Needs Accessibility access | Only to type for you | No | To paste and for its shortcut | Yes |
As of October 2026. The details: CodeCatch vs 2FHey, CodeCatch vs MessAuto.
Set up in a minute
Step 1
It sits in your menu bar and starts when you log in.
Step 2
macOS asks for this before any app can read Messages and Mail. CodeCatch opens the setting for you.
Step 3
Switch on Apple Mail, or add Gmail or another account with an app password.
Yes. Each new code is copied, so you can paste it in any browser or app with ⌘V.
macOS only suggests a code in fields that support it. CodeCatch copies every code, so it works everywhere. It also reads Gmail, catches sign-in links, keeps a history and shows your Bitwarden codes. If autofill stopped working for you, see the autofill guide.
Any inbox set up in Apple Mail, with no sign-in. Also Gmail and other accounts (IMAP), with an app password. CodeCatch only reads: it never marks, moves or deletes mail.
macOS requires it before any app can read Messages and Mail. CodeCatch reads only those two. It needs Accessibility access only if you turn on typing codes for you.
Codes and messages stay on your Mac, and passwords stay in your Keychain. CodeCatch connects to enabled mail services and checks codecatch.app for updates. Signing in with Google or Microsoft talks to them, and Bitwarden import talks to Bitwarden. Logos load through Google's or DuckDuckGo's favicon service and can be turned off in Privacy.
macOS 15 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel. To get SMS codes on your Mac, turn on Text Message Forwarding on your iPhone.
Your Mac only gets texts that your iPhone forwards. On your iPhone, open Settings → Apps → Messages → Text Message Forwarding and turn on your Mac. If the option or your Mac is missing, check that both use the same Apple Account (on the Mac: Messages → Settings → iMessage), then turn iMessage off and on again on the iPhone. The iPhone must also be on and online. More fixes.
Report it on GitHub. Send the message with the code replaced by another number. It becomes a test, so the next version catches it.
Your next code, ready to paste.
Free · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel