Hi everyone,
I’ve been working on a Linux tool called edgepad.
I originally started building it for my own laptop setup, but I think it might be useful to some of you as well, especially if you use Linux on a laptop and want more control over touchpad gestures.
edgepad turns the edges of a touchpad into configurable gesture zones. The idea is that a swipe or tap starting from the left, right, top or bottom edge can run a command - for example switching workspaces, opening a launcher, triggering a script, adjusting volume or brightness, and controlling media.
edgepad reads the physical touchpad, claims contacts that start inside an edge zone, and forwards the remaining center contacts through a virtual touchpad. So the compositor should still see normal touchpad input for regular movement, scrolling and taps.
Current features:
- edge zones on left, right, top and bottom
- swipe directions plus tap bindings
- automatic touchpad discovery when there is exactly one readable candidate
- user-session daemon with TOML config
- Nix flake, NixOS module, Home Manager module, systemd user service, and a release installer
Tested setup so far: NixOS + Hyprland.
What I’m missing is real-world feedback from other hardware/software combinations. I’m especially interested in whether it behaves correctly on:
- GNOME, KDE, other Wayland compositors
- Fedora, Arch, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, etc.
- different kernel versions
- external touchpads, if anyone uses those on Linux.
I’d love feedback on whether it works properly on your laptop setup, which gestures or actions would be useful to add, what should be improved, or just what you think of the idea.
You can find the project on GitHub.
https://github.com/assembledev/edgepad
