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Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures · Office #70,668

Effortless brightness & volume edge gestures for Mac

In the Mac and Windows desktop utilities neighborhood (Desktop and utilities). In town since 11 Nov 2026.

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What Tablif read on Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures's site

Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures describes itself as: “Glide - Trackpad Edge Gestures”

What it is

Calls itself “menu-bar utility”.

  • Calls itself: menu-bar utility
“Lightweight, open-source macOS menu-bar utility”

Where it puts itself

Positions itself as an alternative to edgebar.xyz. Claims “100% free”. Rules out “Accessibility Permissions”.

  • Alternative to: edgebar.xyz
  • Superlative claim: 100% free
  • Says it will not: Accessibility Permissions
“Unlike most trackpad or gesture utilities, Glide requires ZERO system permissions”
“Open source alternative for https://edgebar.xyz/”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever. No monthly or yearly plan. No one-time option.

  • One-time: no
  • Monthly: no
  • Yearly: no
  • Free plan: free forever
“Glide is 100% free and open-source software under the MIT License .”

How it runs

A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Open source.

  • Kind: desktop
  • Runs on: macOS
  • Runs where: on the device, offline
  • Open source: yes
“Native macOS Menu-Bar Utility”
“…macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or newer”

What it works with

Names Edgebar, GitHub and 2 more on its pages.

  • Names: Edgebar · GitHub · MacBook · +1
“Open source alternative for https://edgebar.xyz/”
“GitHub - anshulg8/glide: Lightweight, open-source macOS menu-bar utility”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Publishes docs.

“You do not need to compile Glide yourself to use it: Download : Click the link above to download Glide.zip .”
“README.md -> https://github.com/anshulg8/glide/blob/master/README.md”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 11 Nov 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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