FingerBridge
Fingerprint-assisted Mac unlock. Keep your keyboard.
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Keep your preferred keyboard and use an external fingerprint sensor to fill supported Mac lock-screen and administrator password fields. Guided setup, fingerprint enrollment and automatic Enter. Apple Silicon, macOS 13+. Paid software ($9); requires Waveshare UART Fingerprint Sensor (F), SKU 31887, sold separately. Not Apple Touch ID; does not replace FileVault startup login, Apple Pay or passkeys.
PH · launched Oct 18, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%) · 1 view
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Security
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Hardware
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Could you build this?
Partial The companion macOS app and setup UI are vibe-codeable, but interfacing with a UART fingerprint sensor and injecting credentials into the protected lock screen requires low-level hardware and macOS security expertise.
What it would actually take: The sensor is a UART device with documented protocols, so the driver is feasible. The hard parts are securely filling lock-screen and admin password fields on modern macOS, which is restricted by system security, and handling credentials safely. That calls for macOS internals and security engineering, plus a physical sensor for testing.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 418 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #141 of 419 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 301 days after the earliest competitor.
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