Orbit replaces a dock full of single-purpose menu bar apps with one fast, native app. Screenshots, clipboard history, a launcher, window snapping, translation, menu bar hiding, keep-awake, per-app volume, system monitoring and more — all reachable from one ring that opens around your pointer.
Black and white, with a single orange accent. Native SwiftUI + AppKit, no Electron, no accounts, no telemetry.
| 🪐 Orbit Ring | Hold a shortcut or the middle mouse button — a ring of actions opens around your pointer. 3–12 slots, presets, drag-and-drop editing. |
| 🔍 Launcher | ⌥Space. Apps, Orbit commands, open windows, the front app's menu commands, files, calculator, units, currency, clipboard and snippets — all from one search field. |
| 📸 Capture | Area, window, full screen, timed and scrolling captures (keeps up with fast scrolls). Selection keys: ⇧ lock ratio, ⌥ from center, Space to move, Tab for presets, R for the last area, and C/S/E/P/T/V/L to pick what happens. Screen recording with click highlights. An editor with arrows, text, blur, pixelate, spotlight, magnifier, ruler and color picker. Live Text and OCR. Pin captures as references with opacity, click-through, text copying and translation controls. |
| 📋 Clipboard | Searchable history of text, images, files and colors. Single click pastes. |
| 🪟 Windows | Halves, thirds, quarters, center and maximize from the keyboard — aware of Stage Manager and multiple displays. |
| 🌐 Translate | Press ⌘C twice in any app. Google, DeepL (your key) or Apple, with automatic language detection. |
| ✓ Spell Check | Select text and press ⌥⇧K. Korean spelling and spacing via the Daum and Naver checkers (opt-in) or on-device Apple Intelligence; replace the selection in place. |
| ✍️ Snippets | Type an abbreviation, get the full text. |
| 🔐 Passwords | An end-to-end encrypted vault (PBKDF2 + Secret Key, AES-GCM per item), Touch ID, Watchtower and browser import. |
| 🔊 Sound | Per-app volume and EQ, plus a system-wide EQ. |
| 🔳 Notch | A living notch: music with live artwork, calendar, timers, charging and AirPods, HUDs, and a file shelf — hover or swipe to open. |
| 🎵 Now Playing | Controls in the notch with album art and a banner when the song changes; pauses music while a video plays. |
| ⌨️ Input | Automatic 한/영 switching, a scroll direction for the mouse and trackpad separately, and a keyboard-cleaning lock. |
| ☕️ Keep Awake | Sessions by time, until a time or while an app runs — even with the lid closed. |
| ✦ Menu Bar | Hides icons for real (no « chevron), brings one back on demand, plus a menu bar calendar. |
| 🔲 Hot Corners | Any action on any corner. |
| 🖐 Gestures | Three- to five-finger taps, three- and four-finger swipes, TipTap, extra mouse buttons and key combos (even ⌘⌘) run anything: Orbit actions, shortcuts, apps, links, Shortcuts or scripts — everywhere or per app. |
| 🏃 Runner | A tiny animated CPU meter in the menu bar. |
| 🙂 Face Unlock | Fill in macOS password prompts with your face. |
| 🗂 Shelf | A drop zone that grows out of the notch or screen edge. |
| 🧩 Apps | Every app in a searchable grid, by category. |
| 📈 System | CPU, memory, GPU, disk, network, battery, temperatures and fans — tap any card for a per-process breakdown. |
| 🖥 Displays | Brightness and volume for external monitors over DDC, with native-style HUDs. |
| 🔋 Battery | Charge limit and sailing mode. |
| 🧹 Storage | See what takes space and clean what's safe to clean. Uninstall apps with their leftovers. |
| 🗜 Archives | Zip, 7z and more — names stay readable on Windows. Quick Look previews for folders and archives. |
| 🔁 File Tools | Drag files and press ⇧: a ring opens under the pointer — drop on a format to convert, or press ⇧ again for tools. Pictures, PDFs, documents, video and audio. Crop, add a background, compress, redact, strip metadata, split and merge PDFs. All on your Mac; originals are never touched. |
- Download
Orbit-<version>.dmg(or the.zip) from the latest release. - Open it and drag Orbit into Applications.
- Launch Orbit. It lives in the menu bar; the setup page walks you through the permissions it needs.
Orbit updates itself from GitHub Releases. You can turn automatic checks and installs on or off in General › Updates.
Note
Releases are signed but not notarized. If macOS says it can't verify the developer, right-click Orbit.app › Open, or allow it in System Settings › Privacy & Security.
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| Accessibility | Window management, shortcuts, the ring, snippets, menu bar |
| Screen Recording | Capture, recording, color picker, menu bar previews |
| Full Disk Access | Hiding menu bar icons for real, storage analysis |
| Camera | Face Unlock (on-device only) |
| Calendars | Events in the menu bar calendar and the notch |
| Bluetooth | AirPods and device notices in the notch |
Everything stays on your Mac. Orbit has no account, no server and no analytics; the only network requests are the translation and spell-check engines you pick and the update check.
- macOS 15 Sequoia or later (Liquid Glass, Apple Translation and Apple Intelligence spell check need macOS 26)
- Apple silicon or Intel (tested on M-series MacBooks)
brew install xcodegen
git clone https://github.com/3x-haust/Orbit.git
cd Orbit
xcodegen generate
python3 tools/i18n.py # merges the Korean strings
open Orbit.xcodeprojSet your own team in project.yml (DEVELOPMENT_TEAM and CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY) before building — Orbit's helper (fan control, battery) and Quick Look extension need a real signing identity.
Orbit/
├── App/ # main window, pages, settings search
├── Core/ # shortcuts, event taps, keep-awake, updater
├── Design/ # palette, components
└── Modules/ # one folder per feature (Capture, Clipboard, MenuBar, …)
FanHelper/ # privileged helper for SMC (fans, charging)
OrbitQuickLook/ # Quick Look extension for folders and archives
NowPlayingAdapter/ # media remote bridge
tools/ # i18n merge, settings index, icon rendering
Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please keep the style: native APIs, no heavy dependencies, black and white with orange used sparingly, and every string in English with a Korean translation in tools/i18n/.
MIT © 3x-haust