Transparent WIP screen lock for macOS.

Your terminals stay visible and keep running. Nobody can click or type into them without the password. No Escape skip.

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Features

• Transparent overlay - desktop stays live underneath
• Password unlock only (no Escape hatch)
• ⌘⇧L global shortcut to lock (command + shift + L)
• Control Panel to set password, lock message, and dim opacity
• Menu bar app (◐) - lightweight, local-only settings

Install

Download Vaulty-x.y.z-macos.zip from Releases, unzip, drag Vaulty.app to Applications (or ~/Applications), then open it.

Unsigned build - if macOS says it's damaged:

xattr -cr ~/Applications/Vaulty.app
# or:
xattr -cr /Applications/Vaulty.app

Then open normally. Grant Accessibility when prompted for full shortcut blocking (Cmd+Tab etc.).

Use

Action	How
Lock	⌘⇧L or menu bar ◐ → Lock Screen
Unlock	Type password → Enter
Control Panel	Menu bar ◐ → Control Panel…
Quit	Menu bar ◐ → Quit Vaulty (disabled while locked)

Default password on first launch: anishisagentic - change it in the Control Panel.

Settings live at:

~/Library/Application Support/com.anishfyi.vaulty/settings.json

Build from source

make run       # build, install to ~/Applications, launch
make package   # zip for distribution → dist/Vaulty-VERSION-macos.zip

Release

Push a v* tag. CI builds the macOS zip and attaches it to a GitHub Release.

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

License

MIT