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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 · 3 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 8 hobby · 2 indie · 1 commercial · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 12 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 21clamshell0★1 moliveai-builthobbymacOS app that bends the screen in 3D to match the laptop lid angle as the MacBook closes.
  2. 22mac-duo0★1 molivehobbymacOS menu-bar app that animates the screen folding with the laptop's real hinge angle, using perspective and blur.
  3. 23WinBend2★1 moliveindieWindows desktop app that turns the live desktop into a folding-lid animation, triggered by hotkey, webcam motion, or hinge sensor.
  4. 24MacBook-Duo2★1 molivehobbymacOS desktop app that animates perspective, floating-glass, and frosted-glass effects across the screen based on the MacBook hinge angle.
  5. 25Mac-Duo1★1 mo—hand-codedhobbymacOS menu bar app that animates the screen folding down when the MacBook lid is closed based on real hinge angle.
  6. 26Foldglass1★1 mo—macOS menu bar app that makes the screen follow the laptop lid angle with a glass animation effect.
  7. 27ShiftGrid0★1 mo—hobbyDesktop utility for macOS that snaps the active window under the pointer into vertical screen zones using customizable Shift-key gestures.
  8. 28ease0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyDesktop utility that folds and softly blurs the live desktop when the MacBook lid is moved, holding the effect at partial positions.
  9. 29lidfold0★1 mo—hobbymacOS app that visually folds the desktop as the MacBook lid closes, using the built-in hinge sensor.
  10. 30ajar0★1 mo—indieMacOS menu-bar app that reads the laptop's lid angle to mute the microphone and trigger shortcuts when the lid is moved to certain positions.
  11. 31duofold0★26 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.
  12. 32lid-accordion0★26 days—hobbyDesktop app that turns the opening angle of a MacBook lid into a real-time synthesizer, played with keyboard keys and lid movements.

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