Orbit for Mac: A native app for managing multiple Google accounts in isolated containers
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Andrew Kwak
Summary
Orbit is a native macOS app (12 MB, built with Swift) that lets users manage multiple Google accounts in isolated WKWebView containers — each running the real Gmail web UI with Calendar, Drive, Meet, and Gemini. It offers account switching via ⌘1-9 shortcuts, notification mute, and badge updates. No server or subscription required: a one-time purchase at $19 launch price ($89 after). The developer explains that Orbit doesn't clone Gmail or use private APIs; it relies on the same WebKit engine Safari uses, so if Gmail works in Safari, it should work in Orbit.
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· 5 pulledOrbit does not clone Gmail or use private Gmail APIs.
Each account is the real Gmail web app running in a WKWebView, using the same WebKit family Gmail already supports through Safari.
If Gmail keeps working in Safari, the main Gmail experience should keep working in Orbit too.
The parts I own are the native layer around it: account containers, switching, badges, avatar/name refresh, notification mute state, and service shortcuts.
Those are designed to fail soft.
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