⌘Tab Wheel

A radial app switcher for macOS: hold ⌘, press Tab, point at an app, let go.

Features

• Pick an app by direction; the pointer can be anywhere on screen
• Apps keep their slots, in launch order
• A quick ⌘Tab jumps back to the previous app
• Apps with several windows get a sector per window
• Windows on other desktops and minimized ones are there too
• Window previews, live after a second (Live Preview in the menu bar)
• Close windows and quit apps without leaving the wheel
• Lives in the menu bar; light and dark

Install

No releases yet. Needs macOS 14+ and Xcode 16+.

git clone https://github.com/faustienf/tabwheel.git
cd tabwheel
scripts/setup.sh

It asks what to do; the first answer, the default, builds the app, puts it in Applications and starts it. On first launch, the setup window asks for Accessibility (required) and Screen Recording (optional, for previews).

To update, git pull and run scripts/setup.sh again: it quits the running copy and replaces it.

Keys

⌘Tab	Open the wheel
Pointer, Tab, ⇧Tab	Select
Release ⌘, or click	Switch
⌘W, or × on the selected sector’s outer rail	Close the selected window; the app's last one quits the app
⌘Q	Quit the selected app
Esc	Cancel

Development

Open Package.swift in Xcode and press ⌘R, or run scripts/setup.sh dev. Tests: scripts/setup.sh test.

If the app dies without cleaning up and ⌘Tab stops working:

scripts/setup.sh restore

Something wrong?

Menu bar icon → Save Log…, then attach the file to an issue. It has what the app did since launch and its latest crash report: app names and errors, no window titles or keystrokes.

License

MIT