Vellforge 0.2.0

The first release of Vellforge: one free menu bar app that replaces Vellsnap, Vellscroll and Vellbar. Switch on the add-ons you want in Settings.

• Snap (was Vellsnap): drag a window to an edge to snap it, a layout chooser (full screen included) when dragging toward the top, 17 rebindable shortcuts, a 6 × 4 grid in the menu, saved layouts.
• Scroll (was Vellscroll): scroll direction per device, so the trackpad and the mouse wheel can go opposite ways. Smooth-wheel mice such as Logitech's MX range count as mice.
• Bar (was Vellbar, never released on its own): click the chevron to hide menu bar clutter; ⌘-drag icons you want to keep to the right of the divider.
• Buttons (new): a three-finger click on the trackpad is a middle click (a three-finger tap too, if you want), and your mouse's side buttons go back and forward in every app.

One Accessibility grant covers Snap, Scroll and Buttons. Bar hides icons with no permissions; Accessibility and Screen Recording only add to it. Vellforge asks for a permission only when you switch on an add-on that needs it.

Coming from Vellsnap, Vellscroll or Vellbar? On first launch Vellforge copies their settings and saved layouts, quits them, and moves copies in Applications to the Bin. Don't run an old app alongside its add-on.

Updates: from this release on, Vellforge updates itself with Sparkle. It fetches one small file from vellforge.com and sends nothing about your Mac.

Install: download Vellforge.zip, unzip, move Vellforge to Applications. It isn't notarised yet, so the first launch needs System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway. macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel.