Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures
Effortless brightness & volume edge gestures for Mac
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Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures - Effortless brightness & volume edge gestures for Mac

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Control your MacBook screen brightness and sound volume by simply sliding your finger along the edges of your trackpad — with realistic Force Touch haptics, zero permissions, and zero bloat. Stop reaching for function keys or digging through Control Center sliders. Glide turns the unused left and right borders of your trackpad into smooth, natural adjustment rails.

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Hey Product Hunt community! 👋

I’m Anshul, the creator of Glide.

I built Glide because I found myself constantly interrupting my workflow to reach for function keys or open Control Center just to tweak display brightness or audio volume. Existing gesture apps were either heavy, paid, battery-draining, or demanded invasive Accessibility permissions just to read basic trackpad touches.

So I created Glide from scratch in pure Swift with three core rules:

Zero Permissions: It works right out of the box without asking for full accessibility control of your Mac.
Extreme Efficiency: Under 2 MB on disk, native AppKit/SwiftUI, and 0.0% CPU when not in use.
Physical Feel: Real Force Touch haptic feedback that makes edge sliding feel like a physical dial.

It is 100% free and open-source under the MIT license.

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, and feature ideas! 🚀