Your face.
Your Mac. Unlocked.

Gaze uses your Mac’s camera to recognize you at the lock screen, then signs you in. Your password and Touch ID keep working.

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Free and open source · macOS 26 or later · Apple silicon or Intel

Look up. You’re in.
Gaze sees you at the lock screen and signs you in. Your password and Touch ID keep working.
Made of glass.
Pick Liquid Glass and the panel takes on your wallpaper, the way macOS does.
Never leaves your Mac.
No account and no server. Your face is encrypted on this Mac, and the code is open source.

Sit down. Look up. Gaze recognizes you and types your password for you.

It’s a convenience, not a lock. Your password still works.

A nod. A blink.

Before it signs you in, Gaze can ask you to turn, nod or blink, so a still photo is harder to use.

Gaze uses your Mac’s regular camera, not Face ID. A photo or video may still fool it.

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Set up in a few minutes.

Nothing unlocks until you’ve tried it and switched it on.

Gaze’s Unlock settings window: Gaze is ready, your enrolled face, Unlock my Mac, the stored password, the dark-room light and detection distance.

Add your face
A short guided enrollment with your Mac’s built-in camera.
Try it first
Test Recognition checks that Gaze knows you, without locking or unlocking your Mac.
Turn on unlocking
Automatic unlocking stays off until you switch it on in Settings.

Made to fit your Mac.

Solid or glass

Choose Solid, Frosted glass or Liquid Glass, and how much of your wallpaper shows through.

Gaze’s panel Appearance settings: a live preview, Connected, Floating or Dynamic Island, face position, Solid, Frosted glass or Liquid Glass, and transparency.

Locks when you walk away

Turn it on, and when you step away, Gaze locks your Mac behind you.

The Lock when I walk away setting in Gaze: checks for absence after 20 seconds without input.

Guards its own settings

Removing a face or changing the stored password can require your confirmation first.

The Ask before removing a face or changing the stored password setting in Gaze.

Left out on purpose.

Gaze is an app, not a service. It runs on your Mac, and that’s where it stays.

No accountGaze needs no account — the only sign-in on this site is for beta testers.
No cloud recognition
No face uploads
No subscription
No Face ID impersonation

Before you install.

Ask us on Discord

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Does it need a MacBook with a notch?

A notch isn’t required. Gaze places the panel at the top of the screen on Macs without one. It does need a built-in camera.

What happens if it doesn’t recognize me?

Use your Mac password or Touch ID to unlock. You can then run Test Recognition in Settings to check whether Gaze can recognize you.

Why does Gaze need my Mac password?

macOS has no way for another app to unlock it directly, so Gaze signs in the way you do: it types your password for you after it recognizes you. The password is encrypted with a key from your Mac’s Secure Enclave, stays on this Mac, and is never synced or sent anywhere. Remove it any time with Revoke in Settings; Gaze then only recognizes you and doesn’t unlock.

What if I change my Mac password?

Unlock normally once, then choose Change next to Account password in Gaze Settings and enter the new one. Until you do, Gaze has the old password and can’t sign you in. Your password and Touch ID work as usual.

Could someone unlock it with a photo of me?

Possibly. Gaze uses movement prompts and spoof checks, but a regular camera can still be fooled by a photograph or replay. Your Mac password remains the fallback.

Does it need an internet connection?

Face recognition works offline and needs no Gaze account. Checking for updates or opening links uses the internet. Your face data stays on your Mac.

What about glasses, or a beard, or a haircut?

You can add an enrollment with your glasses on. If a change in your appearance causes checks to fail, update your enrollment and try Test Recognition before relying on automatic unlocking.

Can more than one person enroll?

You can enroll up to five faces. Every enrolled face can unlock the same Mac account; Gaze does not switch between macOS users.

Is it going to eat my battery?

No. The camera only runs while your Mac is locked and stops as soon as it unlocks. Walk-away locking, if you turn it on, adds a brief check now and then while your Mac is idle.

Completely open source.

Read every line on GitHub, or download it and try it tonight.

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Your face.Your Mac. Unlocked.

What Gaze does

Look up. You’re in.

Made of glass.

Never leaves your Mac.

Sit down. Look up. Gaze recognizes you and types your password for you.Sit down. Look up.Gaze recognizes you and types your password for you.