Gestures for macOS

Gestures for macOS is a small native Mac app that lets you swipe, pinch, tap or hold on the trackpad to trigger actions. What happens depends on the app in front: the same gesture can go Back in Finder and switch tabs in Safari, and you decide which. The app does not replace the gestures macOS already has. It adds your own on top of them.

Features: Many gestures: swipes with two, three or four fingers, pinch in and out, rotate, taps and holds, edge slides and corner taps. You can also record your own gesture. Simple actions: Back, Forward, Close Window, New Window, New Tab, switch tabs, Reload, Copy and Paste. You can also pick any menu item of the app in front, or record any keyboard shortcut. Per-app or global: set a gesture for all apps or only for one app. The app-specific one wins. Light on resources: nothing runs while you are not using a gesture. Native look: SwiftUI, light and dark mode. Private: no network access, no account, no data collection.

Examples: In Safari, a two-finger swipe switches tabs. In Finder, a two-finger swipe goes back to the previous folder. In every app, a three-finger pinch closes the window.

Requires macOS 14 or later and a trackpad. The app is not notarized by Apple, so macOS asks for a one-time approval on first launch (Open Anyway in System Settings, Privacy & Security). It needs Accessibility and Input Monitoring permissions.

Free and open source (MIT license).