Air Control
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Air Control for iPhone and Mac

Your iPhone. Now a trackpad for your Mac.

Also an air pointer, keyboard and presenter remote, all over Wi‑Fi.

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Built with

  • Swift 6
  • SwiftUI
  • CryptoKit
What it does

One phone. Every way to drive your Mac.

Touchpad

Slide. Tap. Scroll. Pinch.

Slide to move the cursor, tap to click, two-finger scroll, pinch to zoom, and three-finger swipes for Mission Control.

CompatibilityiPhone, iPad

Air pointer

Point the phone. The cursor follows.

Gyroscope and accelerometer fusion with drift correction and a clutch button that holds the pointer still while you gesture.

CompatibilityiPhone, iPad

Keyboard

Type from the couch.

Types straight into whatever app is frontmost, with modifier chords, arrow and function keys, and a dedicated row for ⌘ ⌥ ⌃ ⇧.

CompatibilityiPhone, iPad

Presenter & media remote

Next slide, without looking.

Large next, previous and blank-screen buttons you can hit without looking, plus volume, play-pause and track skip controls.

CompatibilityiPhone, iPad

Macros

Your shortcuts, as buttons.

Define a key combo, an app or a Shortcut on the Mac, and it appears as a button on the phone.

CompatibilityiPhone, iPad

iPad layout

Bigger pad. Same speed.

An oversized touchpad plus a persistent keyboard and shortcut bar in landscape, with hardware keyboard pass-through.

CompatibilityiPad

Works on the devices you already own.

iPhone

iOS 18 or later

iPad

iPadOS 18 or later

Mac

macOS 15 Sequoia or later

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Setup

Three steps. Once.

  1. 01

    Install the Mac helper

    A menu-bar app that asks for Accessibility once, its only permission, then starts at login and stays out of the way.

  2. 02

    Scan the QR code

    Point your phone at the QR code the helper shows, carrying a one-time secret that expires in 60 seconds.

  3. 03

    Take control

    The phone lands on the touchpad and reconnects on its own from then on, every time.

< 20 ms

motion latency, design target on 5 GHz Wi‑Fi

0

accounts, sign-ins or servers

0 bytes

of telemetry, ever

MIT

licensed and fully open

Privacy & security

Built like it has to earn your trust. Here’s how.

Local Wi‑Fi only. Nothing leaves your network.

Mutual TLS 1.3. Both ends verify each other’s certificate.

One-time pairing code. Valid for 60 seconds, used exactly once.

Zero telemetry. Nothing is collected, counted or phoned home.

Open source. Every line is public and MIT licensed.

Full threat model and disclosure process: SECURITY.md · Wire format: docs/protocol.md

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Air Control for Mac

Menu-bar helper · macOS 15 Sequoia or later

Download for Mac
brew install --cask devashish2531/tap/air-control

Homebrew cask not published yet

Air Control for iPhone & iPad

iOS 18 / iPadOS 18 or later

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MIT licensed · Swift 6 · SwiftUI · Source on GitHub · Report an issue

FAQ

Questions people actually ask. Answered plainly.

What do I need to run it?

macOS 15 Sequoia or later on the Mac, and iOS 18 / iPadOS 18 or later on the iPhone or iPad. Both devices need to be on the same Wi‑Fi network (or the Mac joined to the phone’s hotspot).

Why does the Mac helper need Accessibility permission?

Moving the cursor and pressing keys on your behalf is exactly what the Accessibility permission governs on macOS, so there is no way around it. It is the only permission the helper asks for. It never requests Input Monitoring or Screen Recording, so it cannot read your keystrokes or see your screen.

Does it work without an internet connection?

Yes. Everything happens on the local network. A router with no uplink, or the phone’s own hotspot, is enough. Air Control never needs to reach the internet to pair, connect or run.

Does it use Bluetooth?

No. Wi‑Fi only. iOS does not let an app act as a Bluetooth HID peripheral, so a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard is not something any iPhone app can offer. Wi‑Fi is also considerably faster.

Does it support iPad?

Yes. The iPad gets its own landscape layout with a large touchpad alongside a persistent keyboard and shortcut bar, and it passes an attached hardware keyboard through to the Mac.

What does it cost?

Nothing. Air Control is free and MIT-licensed, with no subscription, no paid tier and no ads. If it is useful, the repository takes issues and pull requests.

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Free · MIT licensed · No accounts · Local Wi‑Fi only