Smooth scrolling
Every notch becomes a glide, in every app. Tune the step, speed and glide length until it feels right.
Your mouse,
but smooth.
Meowse turns the jumpy, line-by-line scrolling of a mouse wheel into fluid, trackpad-like glides. It keeps your Mac awake when you need it, and uses no CPU at all when it isn't working.
Feel the difference.
Both windows get the same three notches of a scroll wheel. Hover over them and scroll with your own mouse to try it.
Small app. Lots of polish.
Reverse direction
Natural on the trackpad, traditional on the mouse, or the other way round. Vertical and horizontal are set separately.
Hold to modify
Hold ⌥ to scroll faster, ⇧ to scroll sideways, or ⌘ to pause smoothing. Any modifier or mouse button works.
Trackpad momentum
Optional scroll phases make apps rubber-band at the edges and treat your glide like a swipe.
Keep Awake
Keep your Mac from sleeping for 15 minutes, 8 hours or until you say so. The display can sleep while the Mac stays on.
Wiggle Cursor
Stay active in chat apps while you step away. It only moves once you're idle, and never while the screen is locked.
Everything, one click away.
Meowse lives in your menu bar. Turn smoothing on or off, start a Keep Awake session or set the cursor wiggling, without opening a window.
- Keep Awake time left, at a glance
- A dot on the icon while your Mac is kept awake
- Settings open only when you need them
Built to disappear.
Most menu bar utilities wake up in the background, over and over. Meowse runs no timers while idle: it reacts to system events, does its work on its own thread, and goes straight back to sleep.
- 0%
- CPU when idle
- 0
- background wakeups
- 15 MB
- of memory
- 1
- event tap, which never sees your keystrokes
- 28%
- fewer events for the app you're scrolling
- <1 MB
- download
Measured on macOS 27 with a 144 Hz display. Meowse skips motion too small to see, and still lands on the exact scroll distance.
Private by design
Meowse collects nothing. Its only network request is a once-a-day check for updates, and you can turn it off.
Updates you can trust
New versions install from inside the app, only after Meowse confirms they're signed by the same developer and arrived intact.
Up and running in a minute.
- 1
Download
Get Meowse.zip and move Meowse to your Applications folder.
- 2
Open
If macOS can't verify the app, go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click Open Anyway.
- 3
Allow
Turn on Meowse in Privacy & Security → Accessibility. It starts working within seconds.
Questions
Does it change how my trackpad or Magic Mouse scrolls?
No. Meowse only smooths scroll wheels. Trackpads and the Magic Mouse already scroll smoothly, so they're left exactly as they are.
Why does it need Accessibility access?
macOS requires it for any app that adjusts scrolling system-wide. Meowse uses it only to smooth and reverse scroll events and to wiggle the cursor. It never reads your keystrokes.
Does it work with Logitech and other third-party mice?
Yes. Any mouse with a notched scroll wheel benefits, wired or wireless. If your mouse's own software already smooths scrolling, Meowse leaves those events alone.
Is it free?
Yes, for personal and other non-commercial use. Meowse is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.
How do I uninstall it?
Choose Quit Meowse from its menu, move Meowse from Applications to the Trash, and remove it from System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility.
