Every verification code from your texts and email lands on your Mac, already copied. Sign-in links show up too. Press ⌘V and you’re in, in any browser or app. No typing.
Free · macOS 15+ · Apple silicon and Intel
Codes and sign-in links from
Messages
Apple Mail
Gmail
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.
This message is from notion.so, but the link goes to sign-in.example. Open it only if you trust this site.
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.
AI agents
Claude Code, Codex and Cursor can ask CodeCatch for a code while they sign in for you. A card shows which app asked, and you approve with Touch ID.
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.
Uros Gazvodauros.com
How it compares
| Feature | CodeCatch | Built-in macOS autofill | 2FHey | MessAuto |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works in | Any app | Safari, all on 26 | Any app | Any app |
| Email codes | Any mail account | Apple Mail only | No | Apple Mail only |
| Sign-in links | Yes, shows the site | No | No | No |
| AI agents | Yes, with your OK | 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 |
| Uses Accessibility | Only to type codes | No | Yes, to paste | 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 Apple Mail. CodeCatch opens the setting for you. Gmail and Outlook don’t need it.
Step 3
Switch on Apple Mail, or add Gmail, Outlook or another IMAP account.
Only if you turn it on in Settings → Agents, and only one code at a time, for the site the agent asks for. You approve each code with Touch ID, unless you allow a site or turn on Allow All. Agents never see your messages. How it works.
Yes. Each new code is copied, so you can paste it in any browser or app with ⌘V.
macOS suggests a code only in fields marked for it, and a password manager’s menu can cover the suggestion. For email codes, macOS uses only the Mail app, which has to be open to get new mail. CodeCatch copies every code the moment it arrives, so ⌘V works in any field. It also reads Gmail and Outlook directly, 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, Outlook and other accounts (IMAP), which CodeCatch reads itself, so Mail can stay closed. CodeCatch only reads: it never marks, moves or deletes mail.
macOS requires it before any app can read Messages and Apple Mail. CodeCatch reads only those two. If you only use Gmail, Outlook or other mail accounts, you can skip it. It needs Accessibility access only if you let it type 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+ · Apple silicon and Intel