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HandSwipe

Control the desktop with hand gestures through a webcam.

Download HandSwipe

Free · version 0.1.0 · 6 KB

Install HandSwipe

Windows 10 or 11 · a webcam · Python 3.9 to 3.12

Free · version 0.1.0 · 6 KB

  1. 01Install Python 3.12 (64-bit) from python.org. Versions 3.9 to 3.12 work; 3.13 and newer don't yet.
  2. 02Unzip the download and double-click run-windows.bat. The first run installs MediaPipe and OpenCV (about 800 MB) inside that folder only.
  3. 03Hold a hand up to the camera. HandSwipe sends real scrolls and window switches, so press Q in its camera window when you're done.

SHA-256 0ceaef347d3e5222f9ec52b46db064ae597f8aaccd9106f8b28213414be117c9

Why it matters

Hand landmarks from MediaPipe become desktop actions: scrolling, window switching and two-hand zoom, with the tracked skeleton and the recognised gesture drawn over the camera feed.

The details

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Features3
  • Move a hand up or down to scroll.
  • Swipe sideways to switch windows.
  • Two hands to zoom in or out.
Technology
  • Python
  • MediaPipe
  • OpenCV
  • PyAutoGUI
Development notes

My part

Sole builder.
Status
Status
Experiment
When
Jun 2026
Kind
Early experiment

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