SlapShift

Slap your Mac,
workflow maxed.

A macOS launcher you slap into action. One gesture rewrites your whole workspace.

Download for macOS
v0.1.0 · 4.2 MB · Apple Silicon · Updated May 2026

Three slots.
Make them anything.

Each slap count is a slot you fill — apps, URLs, Focus modes, anything. We ship a couple defaults to get you started. Real users wire it for coding, applying, studying, reading, ideation, wind-down, workouts — whatever they slap into. Below is a snapshot, cycling.

Heads-down

Coding

1 slap
Opens
  • + VS Code
  • + Terminal
  • + Chrome → localhost:3000
Quits
  • Slack
  • Discord
  • Messages
Focus
Do Not Disturb
Get it sent

Apply

2 slaps
Opens
  • + Chrome → Common App
  • + 5 portal tabs
  • + Notes
Quits
  • Spotify
  • Twitter
Focus
Personal focus
Slow down

Reading

3 slaps
Opens
  • + Kindle
  • + Reader
  • + Spotify → lo-fi
Quits
  • Slack
  • Mail
Focus
Reading focus
Locked in

Studying

1 slap
Opens
  • + Notion
  • + Anki
  • + PDF reader
Quits
  • Twitter
  • Discord
Focus
Study focus

Small things that add up.

Menu bar only

No dock icon. Lives quietly at the top of the screen.

Adjustable sensitivity

From feather-tap to full open-hand commitment.

Launch at login

Always listening. Wakes when you wake.

Slap counter

Tracks your lifetime slaps. For science.

Instant feedback

Menu-bar flash on first slap, before the action fires.

Mode editor

Edit the defaults. Add apps, URLs, Focus modes.

Offline license

Validated once. Cached locally. No daily phone-home.

Test slap

Fire any mode by button — no actual slap required.

Wildly overengineered slap detection.

Five concurrent signal-processing algorithms vote on whether you actually slapped your laptop. Democracy, but for physical abuse.

Source
IOKit · AppleHIDMotion · ~100Hz
  1. 01High-pass filter

    Strips out gravity so we only see actual impacts.

  2. 02STA/LTA ratio

    Compares short-term vs long-term acceleration averages across three timescales.

  3. 03CUSUM

    Detects sudden cumulative shifts the simple thresholds miss.

  4. 04Kurtosis

    Fourth statistical moment — finds the sharp spikes typing won't produce.

  5. 05Peak / MAD

    Median Absolute Deviation outlier detection. Tunable per-Mac.

↓ when enough algorithms agree → action fires
$9.99one-time

Less than a sad desk lunch.
Try free — pay when you're hooked.

Requires an Apple Silicon MacBook (M1 or newer) and a willingness to hit expensive things. All sales final, no refunds.

Download for macOS
v0.1.0 · 4.2 MB · Apple Silicon · Updated May 2026

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