Hey everyone — I made Helix because I kept breaking focus while switching apps on my Mac.
Search launchers are powerful, but for frequent app switching I wanted something faster and more spatial: hit one hotkey, get a radial launcher exactly at the cursor, and jump straight into the next app.
Helix is built for people who live in multiple apps all day and want less dock hunting, less mouse travel, and less interruption.
It’s free to try for 7 days, then a small lifetime unlock.
I’d love feedback on three things:
1. whether the cursor-based placement feels instantly natural
2. which hotkey/workflow customizations you want next
3. whether you use it more for launching apps or switching between running apps
About Helix on Product Hunt
“Launch apps right at your cursor”
Helix was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #224 on the daily leaderboard. Helix is a macOS launcher that appears exactly where you’re working. Press one hotkey, pick an app, and keep moving.
On the analytics side, Helix competes within Productivity, User Experience and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 1.5M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Helix performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Helix?
Helix was hunted by Tiny Obit. 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.
For a complete overview of Helix including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Tiny Obit