QuietGlass is a free, open-source Mac app for screen privacy. Look away with compatible AirPods and your screen blurs. Your camera can spot another face in view and warn you or blur the screen, even while you're still looking. Protect a window or selected area, blur sensitive text, or keep your active window clear with Focus mode. Optional owner recognition checks it's you before clearing camera protection. Native Swift, notch controls, and processing on your Mac. macOS 14+.

Open-source native macOS menu bar app that frosts your screen when you look away with AirPods. look away with compatible AirPods on, and your screen blurs. look back, and it clears. but privacy also matters while you're still looking: Nearby people uses your Mac's camera to spot another face in view and warn you or blur the screen. no AirPods needed for that. you can also protect one window or a selected area, blur detected sensitive text, and keep your active window clear with Focus mode. optional Recognize me checks your saved face before clearing camera protection. it's native Swift, with quick controls beside the notch. screen content and camera frames are processed on your Mac. no photos or video are saved or uploaded. QuietGlass is free and open-source, for macOS 14+ on Apple silicon and Intel. the current download includes first-launch instructions because it isn't Apple-notarized yet. i would love to hear which privacy workflow you'd use most: look-away blur, nearby-person alerts, or protecting specific content. your screen. your business.

the owner recognition check before clearing protection is the detail that makes this feel actually usable rather than just a demo. in a busy spot like a coffee shop or open office, where the camera sees several faces at once even when nobody's actually looking at your screen, does it stay calm and only trigger on a face that's actually oriented toward the screen, or does raw "second face detected" logic tend to false-positive in crowded backgrounds? that's the gap between "cool idea" and "I'd leave this on all day" for me.

QuietGlass

Screen privacy for your Mac, with or without AirPods

Screen privacy for your Mac, with or without AirPods