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CLUSTER MACOS-SWITCHER-OPEN · 22 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-25

Keyboard window switchers

This cluster consists of keyboard-driven utilities for switching between open windows on macOS and Linux, often mimicking Windows Alt-Tab. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from, as there are no dated entries before the index start. Among the traction leaders, switch leads with 6 stars, followed by mrtab with 4 and Whirl with 3.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2026: 7SEP 2026: 12OCT 2026: 3
AUG 2026OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 3 hand-coded · 17 unlabelled

Operator · 14 hobby · 6 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01strafe242★25 days—macOS utility that instantly switches between Spaces with no animation delay, activated via trackpad.
  2. 02peek4★22 days—hobbyNative macOS window switcher that replaces Command-Tab with live previews and orders windows by learned usage habits.
  3. 03mrtab4★27 days—Menu-bar window switcher for a desktop operating system that lists every open window, not just apps, and instantly switches to the one selected.
  4. 04tern2★7 dayslivehobbyOpen-source Mac window switcher that cycles through open windows and lets users hide apps they do not need.
  5. 05Macindows1★today—hobbymacOS app that enhances the Dock with hover window previews and click-to-switch between an app's open windows.
  6. 06omni-cast5★1 mo—hobbymacOS utility that lets OmniWM users control their window manager with plain-English commands from Raycast.
  7. 07switch6★1 mo—macOS utility that shows a floating dot to list and switch between open windows.
  8. 08AppHopper1★19 days—hand-codedhobbyWindows utility that groups windows by application so Alt+Tab jumps between apps and a separate key cycles within the active app.
  9. 09Whirl3★1 mo—hobbymacOS utility that launches apps and switches between windows of the same app with a configurable modifier key.
  10. 10WindowSeeker0★1 day—hobbymacOS utility that lists all open windows, including minimized ones and windows on other Spaces, and brings any chosen window back with one click.
  11. 11ferry0★1 day—A macOS command-line tool that moves the focused window to another Space and switches to it, with no daemon or configuration.
  12. 12DeskMate0★14 days—hobbyNative macOS desktop assistant that launches apps, previews Dock windows, and shows cross-screen edge hints.
  13. 13alttab-personal0★22 days—hand-codedhobbyA keyboard window switcher that mimics Windows Alt-Tab for quickly switching between open windows on macOS and Linux.
  14. 14switcheroo-linux0★24 days—hand-codedhobbyKeyboard-driven window switcher that lets users jump directly to any open window by typing part of its title or app name.
  15. 15quick-switch1★27 days—Native macOS window switcher that lists all open windows as first-class items for fast keyboard and mouse switching.
  16. 16command-tab1★27 days—hobbyNative macOS app that restricts Command-Tab app switching to applications in the current Desktop space.
  17. 17RingSwitch3★1 mo—A macOS app switcher with a radial menu that lets users switch apps by holding a mouse button, dragging toward an app, and releasing.
  18. 18dock-palette1★28 days—hobbyOpen-source macOS window switcher that provides a two-stage fuzzy palette to hotkey-switch between apps and their windows.
  19. 19drawer0★18 days—hobbyA macOS utility that opens a hover-away panel at the screen edge with system toggles, volume levels, apps, and Apple Shortcuts.
  20. 20ball-pan1★2 mo—hobbyMacOS utility that lets trackball users switch between cursor movement and scrolling with a simple toggle.

Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.