Read the MacBook lid angle from the command line. Written in Zig.
MacBooks have a sensor that reports the angle of the lid hinge. macOS doesn't expose it as a number, but bend does, via IOKit.
Small native binary. Useful for scripting around lid position, triggering scripts when the lid moves past a threshold, or just reading the current angle.
# Homebrew
brew install mnk400/tap/bend
# Or via shell script
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mnk400/bend/main/install.sh | bash$ bend
96
# Live feed
bend --watch
# Block until the lid closes past 30°
bend --wait-until 30-- Usage — modes, options, threshold syntax, exit codes
- Build from source
MIT — see LICENSE.