GestureCraft

Custom trackpad gestures, keyboard shortcuts, and mouse buttons.

GestureCraft is a small Mac menu-bar app. You pick a trigger and what it does. It runs locally, keeps no account, and sits at near-zero CPU when nothing's happening.

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Local processing · No account · Notarized builds · macOS 26+

Demo

Making your own takes seconds.

GestureCraft's live pad naming a two-finger swipe-up gesture

A two-finger swipe up on the Add Rule pad.

The app

See the actual app.

Your rules live in one list. Adding or editing one is a single sheet — pick a gesture, pick an action, pick where it runs.

The GestureCraft Rules window: a list of rules, each showing its trackpad gesture or key, the action it runs, and the app it applies to. — Every rule in one list — its gesture, what it runs, and the app it applies to.

The GestureCraft rule editor: a two-finger swipe-left set to run an Apple Shortcut in all apps, with a live trackpad practice area. — One sheet to add or edit — choose a gesture, choose an action, choose where.

How it works

How a rule works.

A rule reads like a sentence. You just fill in the blanks.

When I…: a trackpad gesture, a key, or a mouse button.
run…: a shortcut, an app, a window snap, or a script.
in…: every app — or just one.

Triggers

Start a rule from any input.

A trackpad gesture, a keyboard shortcut, or a mouse button can be the trigger.

Trackpad gestures

Taps, holds, and swipes, plus swipe-and-hold gestures. Make your trackpad yours! Works with external Apple Magic Trackpads, too.
Keyboard shortcuts

Configure keys and combinations, even a whole sequence. Bind whatever, however you want!
Mouse buttons

Right, middle, back, forward, and extra buttons on a multi-button mouse. Use a click, or press and hold on buttons for extra customization.

Performance

Near-zero idle CPU.

GestureCraft reads the trackpad event-driven and sleeps when nothing is touching. Publishable release numbers will include machine, OS, rule set, and method.

~0%

Idle CPU

Menu bar only

~45MB

Memory

At rest

Development sample on Apple silicon · macOS 26 · five reads, 2s apart.

Pricing

One-time price.

One purchase, no subscription, no account. Backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee.

$7.99 early-bird

Regularly $14.99

One-time purchase · no subscription
Three personal Macs
Automatic updates
Offline license · no account after activation
14-day money-back guarantee

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Permissions

Permissions, explained.

GestureCraft asks only for what each rule family needs — and says why.

Accessibility: Needed to post keystrokes and move windows. GestureCraft never needs Screen Recording for the built-in screenshot shortcut — the system still does the capture.
Input Monitoring: Required only when you enable keyboard or mouse-button rules. Trackpad recognition does not use it.
Why not the App Store?: Raw trackpad data comes from Apple’s MultitouchSupport framework, which means the app must stay unsandboxed and distribute outside the Mac App Store.