From dcb7c9a4b8eace183b1da65eac4c78a1c073f61e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mitchell Hashimoto <m@mitchellh.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:20:26 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] macos: show the notification count number in the badge

---
 macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 194d20037..bcd9a0ffa 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -848,11 +848,11 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     }
 
     private func setDockBadge() {
-        let anyBell = NSApp.windows
+        let bellCount = NSApp.windows
             .compactMap { $0.windowController as? BaseTerminalController }
-            .contains { $0.bell }
-        let wantsBadge = ghostty.config.bellFeatures.contains(.attention) && anyBell
-        let label = wantsBadge ? "•" : nil
+            .reduce(0) { $0 + ($1.bell ? 1 : 0) }
+        let wantsBadge = ghostty.config.bellFeatures.contains(.attention) && bellCount > 0
+        let label = wantsBadge ? (bellCount > 99 ? "99+" : String(bellCount)) : nil
         NSApp.dockTile.badgeLabel = label
         NSApp.dockTile.display()
     }