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Tapflow
turn an iPad into a custom control panel for macOS
Tapflow turns an iPad or any device with a browser into a personal control panel for macOS. No tablet app, no subscription, no hardware just open a URL. • Zero-install tablet client (a browser tab,) • 14 widgets: live window thumbnails, swipe-to-tile window joystick, one-tap audio switching, trackpad, mic mute with live levels • Per-app profiles that auto-switch with the active app • Figma-like editor: icons, colors, sounds, infinite undo • Free, open source (MIT), LAN-hosted
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built Tapflow because I kept failing the ⌘⌥⇧K test. Enough shortcuts and my brain turns into a lookup table — recall the function,
recall the combo, hunt for the key. Meanwhile my Mac reads my fingerprint and my phone recognizes my face.
So I made Tapflow: a tiny server on your Mac + a web page on your iPad. No tablet app — just open a URL. Drag buttons onto a canvas
in a browser-based editor; every touch is injected into macOS natively.
What's on the panel (14 widgets):
• Key / macro / text macro / trackpad
• Window Switcher with live thumbnails — see windows before you switch
• Window Swipe: window tiling as a joystick — swipe up = fullscreen, swipe left = left half
• Audio device switching in one tap, mic mute with live level rings
• Dock on your tablet, and profiles that auto-switch when you switch apps
The pitch isn't "a better keyboard" — it's recognition instead of recall. Tapflow is a companion to keyboard + mouse, not a
replacement. Free, MIT, runs on hardware you already own.
Why now: I've been vibing with Claude Code a lot — a "🎤 Talk" button for voice input was one of the first widgets. AI changed my
workflow; my input surface should follow.
This is v1, built to test whether my itch is general. Ships with 2 preset profiles, 5-minute setup, macOS-only for now (it rides on
CGEvent/PyObjC).
Repo + download: https://github.com/Alienwang1980...
What high-frequency action would you put on a button first? (Mine was switching audio devices — AirPods ↔ speakers, forever.)
About Tapflow on Product Hunt
“turn an iPad into a custom control panel for macOS”
Tapflow was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #113 on the daily leaderboard. Tapflow turns an iPad or any device with a browser into a personal control panel for macOS. No tablet app, no subscription, no hardware just open a URL. • Zero-install tablet client (a browser tab,) • 14 widgets: live window thumbnails, swipe-to-tile window joystick, one-tap audio switching, trackpad, mic mute with live levels • Per-app profiles that auto-switch with the active app • Figma-like editor: icons, colors, sounds, infinite undo • Free, open source (MIT), LAN-hosted
On the analytics side, Tapflow competes within iPad, Mac, GitHub and Menu Bar Apps — topics that collectively have 164.8k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Tapflow performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Tapflow?
Tapflow was hunted by xinlei wang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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