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.

Features

Essentials

🪐 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.
📋 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.

Utilities

🔊 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.

Mac

🧩 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.

Install

1. Download Orbit-<version>.dmg (or the .zip) from the latest release.
2. Open it and drag Orbit into Applications.
3. 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.

Permissions

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.

Requirements

• 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)

Build from source

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.xcodeproj

Set 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.

Project layout

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

Contributing

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/.

License

MIT © 3x-haust