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@ananthasharma ananthasharma released this 02 Sep 10:29
· 10 commits to main since this release

Slicky's first release. He floats above your windows, hops around on a
randomised timer, watches your pointer, and opens the apps you hand him.

Install — download Slicky.zip, unzip, drag Slicky.app to /Applications.
Signed and notarised, so it opens like any other app. Requires macOS 14 or later;
universal (Apple Silicon and Intel).

He starts in the bottom-right of your main screen. There's no Dock icon and no
menu bar item to look for — walk over and right-click him.

What he does

  • Click and double-click open the apps you bind to them, with the app's
    icon held over his head and a ring of light so you can see it coming
  • Drag an app onto him to rebind: he scribbles out the old entry, tears the
    page off a notepad and eats it. Plain drop sets click, ⌥ sets double-click,
    ⌘ adds to his right-click menu
  • Right-click for the menu — apps, jump, say hi, take a selfie, settings
  • Seven colour presets, or pick his shell, accent and glow yourself
  • Selfies: a transparent cut-out of him alone, saved to ~/Downloads
  • Optional typing dodge — he hops aside when the text cursor lands under
    him. Off by default; needs Accessibility permission, uses only the fact that
    a key was pressed, never what
  • Updates himself from these releases, and only accepts builds signed by the
    same developer

He has no Dock icon and no menu bar item — the robot is the interface. Idle
drawing runs at 15fps and stops entirely when he's hidden behind something.

Source, and a longer story about why transparent windows and drag-and-drop
fight each other, in the README.