JoaoFranco03/DuoHinge

A native macOS menu bar app that turns your MacBook’s lid movement into a live desktop folding illusion, powered by ScreenCaptureKit and Metal.

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0.8 Steady Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

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About the project

A native macOS menu bar app that turns MacBook lid movement into a live desktop folding illusion using ScreenCaptureKit and Metal.

Useful for

Project the desktop onto a virtual 3D plane as the MacBook lid closes
Pick an optical preset (Clear, Frosted, Cinematic) to match your taste
Enable Return When Idle to restore the normal desktop after one second without hinge movement

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

0 stars so far today, about 2 expected by the end of the day.
The repository is 2 days old and already has 61 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #178.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 61
Stars in a day: 2
Forks: 1
Issues and pull requests: 0
Watchers: 0
Language: Swift
License: MIT
Latest release: v1.1.0 · September 12, 2026
Created: September 12, 2026
Last push: September 12, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 14, 2026Top new repositories this week: #176

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