BetterCmdTab
Native switcher for macOS offers vertical and grid layouts, window and app cycling, menu bar integration, fuzzy search, app launch, unread badges, audio alerts, pinning, quick actions, instant Space switching, full privacy, and robust multi-monitor support.
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Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
- Support for Themes
- Customizable
Features
- Ad-free
- Support for Gestures
- Dark Mode
- Works Offline
- Support for Multiple Monitors
- No Tracking
- No registration required
- Application Launchers
- Sits in the MenuBar
- Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
BetterCmdTab News & Activities
Recent activities
- rokartur updated BetterCmdTab
- reviewed BetterCmdTab
Unlike the standard Cmd+Tab, which simply switches applications, BetterCmdTab allows you to switch between windows inside a single application. Do you work in Word with three documents and in Chrome with a dozen tabs? One tap of Tab will take you to the next window, rather than jumping between Word and Chrome. This saves a lot of time and clicks.
- rokartur added Support for Themes as a feature to BetterCmdTab
- rokartur updated BetterCmdTab
BetterCmdTab information
Developed by
Artur Rok Licensing
Open Source (GPL-3.0) and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
25 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
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OS & UtilitiesGitHub repository
- 72 Stars
- 2 Forks
- 0 Open Issues
- Updated
What is BetterCmdTab?
The Command +Tab macOS deserves. Fast, native, liquid glass, zero telemetry, and free forever.
macOS's built-in Command+Tab switches apps, not windows. Third-party alternatives either cost money (Witch, Contexts) or feel heavy and have not adopted Liquid Glass. BetterCmdTab is a single menu-bar agent that boots in milliseconds, draws with the system Liquid Glass material on macOS 26, and ships with no subscription, no license key, and no analytics.
Features:
- Three layouts — classic list, grid of icons, or live window previews.
- Letter-prefix jump — type a name to jump to it.
- Search & launch — press / to fuzzy-find, or launch any installed app.
- Window switching — Command + ` cycles windows of the front app.
- Tap or hold — tap to switch instantly, hold to open the switcher.
- Scroll to switch — spin the mouse wheel to move through apps.
- Recently closed — reopen an app you just quit.
- Minimized & hidden — include minimized windows, hidden and windowless apps.
- Pin & filter — keep favorites up top, hide the rest.
- Quick actions — quit, close, minimize, hide inline.
- Unread badges — Dock badge counts, in the switcher.
- Audio indicator — flags apps playing sound.
- Instant Spaces — switch Spaces with no animation.
- Liquid Glass — system material on macOS 26.
- Accent color — tint the selection to match your system.
- Multi-monitor — opens on the screen under the cursor.
- Trackpad & haptics — three-finger swipe, optional feedback.
- Configurable — custom hotkey, size, scale, layout.
Comments and Reviews
Unlike the standard Cmd+Tab, which simply switches applications, BetterCmdTab allows you to switch between windows inside a single application. Do you work in Word with three documents and in Chrome with a dozen tabs? One tap of Tab will take you to the next window, rather than jumping between Word and Chrome. This saves a lot of time and clicks.