KickMyMac 👊

Hit your MacBook — it swears back at you in Polish.

Uses the real hardware accelerometer (Apple Silicon SPU) to detect physical impacts via jerk/vibration analysis. Plays random swear audio clips through a native macOS menu bar app.

How it works

• sensor.py — root daemon that reads the accelerometer via macimu and detects hits using jerk-based vibration analysis
• KickUI.swift — native Swift menu bar app (👊) that receives hit events and plays audio
• start.sh — launches both with one command

Requirements

• Apple Silicon MacBook (M1/M2/M3/M4)
• macOS 14+
• Python 3 + macimu + edge-tts
• Xcode Command Line Tools (for swiftc)

Setup

# Install dependencies
pip3 install macimu edge-tts

# Generate audio (or drop your own .mp3 files into audio/)
python3 generate_audio.py

# Build the menu bar app
bash build.sh

# Run (needs sudo for accelerometer)
./start.sh

Custom audio

Drop your own .mp3 files into the audio/ folder. The app picks them up automatically and plays them in shuffled order with no repeats.

Architecture

sensor.py (root) ──[unix socket]──> KickUI (user)
     │                                    │
  accelerometer                     menu bar 👊
  jerk detection                    audio playback