SoloDisplay
disable ur macbook's panel when an external display connects
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Apple doesn't expose a way to achieve this in macOS. Windows has had this feature forever. So I created this free and open source tool that finally gives you this option! Clamshell mode without closing the lid! Just install it with brew or click the download button in the Github page and you're ready to go
PH · launched Sep 26, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: desktop and display utilities · 171 launches, 6 in the last 7 days ▼ -75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Open Source
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More like this: all 171 launches in desktop and display utilities →
Could you build this?
No Controlling internal display power while keeping clamshell mode active on modern macOS requires deep reverse engineering of private CoreDisplay/SkyLight frameworks and IOKit APIs.
What it would actually take: This utility requires low-level macOS system programming in Swift/Objective-C/C using undocumented private frameworks (specifically CoreDisplay, SkyLight, or IOReporting/IOPM). Developers must hook into internal display management daemons and handle proprietary Apple Silicon display controller behaviors without tripping system kernel panics or SIP restrictions.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 837 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #689 of 838 (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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- hinge · github · 2026-09-10 · 74 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Rein · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- LidAwake · github · 2026-10-03 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Extra Cup · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Lockpaw One hotkey to cover your Mac screen without putting it to sleep · hn · 2026-03-23 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- lidtap · github · 2026-10-30 · 119 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Pocket Screen · ph · 2026-07-17 · 207 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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