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CLUSTER LID-MACOS-LAPTOP · 32 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-21

MacBook lid-angle screen effects

This cluster consists of macOS apps that animate the desktop with folding, blur, and glass effects tied to the real hinge angle of a MacBook lid, often mimicking the iPhone Duo style. The dated history before the index is too thin to read a shape from—only 0 dated entries exist, so the cluster predates the index or its members are undated. Among traction leaders, Mac-Duo leads by a wide margin with 713 stars, far ahead of lidbend (6 stars) and HingeFlow (3 stars).

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 1SEP 2026: 29OCT 2026: 2
AUG 2026OCT 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 · 7 hand-coded · 12 unlabelled

Operator · 16 hobby · 1 indie · 1 commercial · 2 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01Mac-Duo1.2k★23 days—hand-codedindieMenu bar app for macOS that tilts, blurs, and fades the screen content as the laptop lid closes, recreatingthe iPhone Duo effect.
  2. 02softfold104★16 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS app that folds the desktop away with a perspective animation and blur when the MacBook lid is closed, following the hinge angle.
  3. 03WandelBar17★23 days—macOS app that customizes the menu bar background with blur, tint, shadows, textures, and per-Space settings.
  4. 04MacBookDuo7★19 dayslivehobbyA macOS utility that keeps a laptop screen active when the lid is closed, enabling a dual-screen-like experience.
  5. 05vidrado2★5 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that blurs and dims background windows to keep the active window visually clear.
  6. 06lidbend6★1 molivehand-codedhobbymacOS menu-bar app that animates the desktop bending and shading in response to the laptop's lid angle, creating a visual effect when opening or closing.
  7. 07HingeFlow3★19 days—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu-bar app that renders a folding desktop effect tied to the real lid angle of a MacBook.
  8. 08LidUpAnimation6★28 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that plays the iPhone Duo folding animation on the screen when the MacBook lid closes.
  9. 09Tilt1★12 days—hobbyMenu bar app that renders the Mac desktop in 3D perspective, tilting windows based on the MacBook lid angle.
  10. 10fold-like-Duo3★19 days—macOS utility that turns the MacBook lid angle into a live desktop perspective effect with blur, frost, and shadow visuals.
  11. 11pli1★15 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that turns closing the MacBook lid into a frosted-glass desktop effect that follows the lid's angle.
  12. 12foldy2★24 dayslivehand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that animates a folding screen effect as the laptop lid closes, mimicking the iPhone Duo visual style.
  13. 13HingeScape3★1 mo—hobbyExperimental macOS app that turns a MacBook display into a frosted-glass pane, shifting perspective with lid angle in real time.
  14. 14FrostFold0★19 days—hobbyBackground app that creates a frosted-glass visual effect on a MacBook display as the lid closes, using the lid-angle sensor.
  15. 15MacDuo0★20 days—hobbyDesktop utility that makes a MacBook's wallpaper, cursor, and open windows react to lid movement for an interactive tactile experience.
  16. 16ClamShell3★28 days—ai-builthobbyMac app that adds a folding effect to the desktop when the laptop lid opens or closes.
  17. 17duofold0★25 dayslivehand-codedcommercialmacOS app that projects a depth effect onto the screen as a MacBook lid closes, making the display appear to tilt, blur, and darken in space.
  18. 18textur0★12 days—hobbymacOS menu bar app that makes the trackpad simulate textures such as linen, wood, or gravel through Force Touch haptics while moving, scrolling, and tapping.
  19. 19UnfoldMyMac2★26 dayslivehobbyMacOS app that renders live wallpapers and animated desktop effects reacting to the laptop lid angle.
  20. 20LidMotion0★20 dayslivehobbymacOS menu bar app that adds animated visual effects to the screen when a MacBook lid closes, with several selectable animations.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.