jlxc2001/MacBook-Duo

A macOS utility that uses the MacBook lid angle as an interactive dual-screen control.

AppsSwift

3.2 Early signal Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

An experimental macOS utility that reads the MacBook lid angle via the HID sensor and renders an unfolding effect with perspective and frosted glass using Metal.

Useful for

Preview the unfolding effect on a screenshot without physically moving the lid
Calibrate and save the full-open point from the real lid angle
Run an 8-second live preview before enabling the global effect

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

Why it’s trending

8 stars today.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
The repository is 2 days old and already has 124 stars.
Top new repositories this week: #108.

Stars per day

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

Numbers

Total stars: 124
Stars in a day: 8
Forks: 7
Issues and pull requests: 1
Watchers: 0
Language: Swift
Latest release: v1.0.0 · September 11, 2026
Created: September 11, 2026
Last push: September 11, 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 13, 2026Top new repositories this week: #106

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