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GITHUB · launched Sep 10, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 59%) · 1 view
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
No The utility relies on undocumented/low-level macOS IOKit HID lid-angle sensor polling, private DisplayServices APIs for instantaneous hardware dimming, and custom privilege escalation helper scripts to alter pmset without standard password prompts.
What it would actually take: A working version requires Swift/Objective-C interacting directly with macOS IOKit to read internal HID hardware sensors at a high polling rate, DisplayServices private frameworks for backlight brightness control, and an IOPMAssertion/pmset daemon installed via sudoers or privileged helper tools. This requires niche macOS systems programming and reverse-engineering Apple-internal sensor interfaces.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 306 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #136 of 307 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 314 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Keep My Screen On! · ph · 2026-09-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Extra Cup · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- caffeinate-plus · github · 2026-10-23 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- Hold Sleep · ph · 2026-10-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- NoSleepAgent · hn · 2026-06-01 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Speaker Keep Alive · ph · 2026-11-04 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- MustDo · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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