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CLUSTER DEVICE-FACE-BAR · 10 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2025-09-06

On-device Mac face unlock

This cluster comprises macOS utilities that unlock a Mac using on-device face recognition, emphasizing privacy by keeping data local. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from—it predates the index or its members are undated. Among products with activity signals, FaceUnlock leads with 8 stars, followed by LookID and Glance.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

SEP 2025: 1AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 7OCT 2026: 1
SEP 2025OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 7 hobby · 1 open source · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01FaceUnlock8★25 dayslivehobbyMenu-bar app that unlocks a MacBook by recognizing the user's face at the lock screen entirely on-device.
  2. 02FaceMac17★28 days—hobbymacOS app that recognizes the user's face on-device and types the saved password at the lock screen to unlock the Mac.
  3. 03Latch0★8 dayslivemacOS app that locks apps and unlocks the Mac using Face ID or Touch ID with on-device biometrics.
  4. 04Pc-lock-system-using-2D-camera-have-live-detection-and-can-send-intruder-s-face-to-cloud.1★1 mo—hobbySecurity app that locks a computer when an unauthorized face is detected, verifies live presence to prevent spoofing, and uploads intruder photos to the cloud.
  5. 05HeyMac1★26 days—hobbymacOS app that unlocks the lock screen and protects selected apps using on-device facial recognition.
  6. 06plasma-face-unlock0★22 daysliveopen sourceDesktop security tool that unlocks the lock screen and approves administrator prompts using facial recognition.
  7. 07Glance1★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyFace unlock app for macOS that uses on-device camera recognition and liveness detection to unlock the computer via a Dynamic Island-style interface.
  8. 08LookID1★1 mo—hobbyNative macOS menu bar utility that unlocks a Mac using on-device face recognition, keeping photos and data entirely local.
  9. 09threshold1★1 molivehobbyMacOS proximity app that locks the screen when the user walks away and unlocks it via Touch ID or Apple Watch upon return.
  10. 10face-unlock-guard0★1 yrabandoned—ai-builtMobile security app that uses facial recognition to lock and unlock a device, guarding access from unauthorized users.

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