Touch-Tab
Switch apps with trackpad on macOS. (by ris58h)
Rectangle
Move and resize windows on macOS with keyboard shortcuts and snap areas (by rxhanson)
| Touch-Tab | Rectangle | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | 723 | |
| 161 | 24,493 | |
| - | - | |
| 7.1 | 8.5 | |
| 3 months ago | 1 day ago | |
| Swift | Swift | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Touch-Tab
Posts with mentions or reviews of Touch-Tab.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-23.
- macOS 13.5 no longer allows setting system wide ulimits
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What are your favorite open source apps?
Touch-Tab - switch apps with 3-finger swipe https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab
- Mapping trackpad gestures to key combos in Ventura?
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Stage Manager is fluid and snappy in the upcoming 13.3 release!
There are some free apps to make window management on macOS easier: - Rectangle - AltTab - Touch-Tab
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Essential macOS-only apps for 2023
Touch-Tab - switch between apps with 3-finger swipes.
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Supersize my M1 MBP
Touch-Tab
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Distributing Mac apps outside the App Store, a quick start guide
Right-click, Open, Open should work for ad-hoc signed apps as others mentioned.
I've made my very first MacOS app and people didn't complain installing it. It's https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab BTW.
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11 MacOS apps to increase productivity with trackpad
Emulate Command-Tab with Trackpad on macOS. Use 3-fingers swipe right (emulates Command-Tab) or 3-fingers swipe left (emulates Command-Shift-Tab) to switch between apps. Hold after the swipe or swipe slowly to show the App Switcher UI. Disclaimer: I'm the developer Site: https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab Price: free Source code: https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab
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Touch-Tab - an app to switch apps using trackpad. It's free and open-source.
Download the latest Touch-Tab-VERSION.zip from Releases page.
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I've made an app to switch apps using trackpad. It's free and open-source.
Touch-Tab adds gestures to emulate Cmd+Tab. Use 3-fingers swipe right (emulates Command-Tab) or 3-fingers swipe left (emulates Command-Shift-Tab) to switch between apps. Hold after the swipe or swipe slowly to show the App Switcher UI.
Rectangle
Posts with mentions or reviews of Rectangle.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-24.
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How I stay (more) focused with ADHD
Tip: I use Rectangle app to set up keyboard shortcuts to resize windows (I only have three shortcuts there: left/right half of the screen and full screen).
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Ideal Monitor Rotation for Programmers
But Raycast also has some functionality in that direction.
[1] - https://rectangleapp.com/
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Little macOS Apps That Make a Big Difference in 2024
Two more little utilities that I cannot live without on Mac:
A tiling window manager like https://rectangleapp.com/
Muzzle, which automatically silences desktop notifs when you're screensharing https://muzzleapp.com/
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Macbook M3 Max new MacOS user
I suggest using Rectangle instead of Magnet; it has the same features but is free. I don't know what other Windows features you want to have.
- Newb: ONE tip you can share that would make my Mac OS experience better?
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Found this on Facebook and I've started questioning my life choices...
I’ve used this app forever. Adds in all the window snapping features.
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Recommend apps for learning Macbook hotkeys and shortcuts coming from a Windows background.
third-party window management apps like Magnet and Rectangle
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MacOS tools to make your life easier
Rectangle Mac - Move and resize windows in macOS using keyboard shortcuts or snap areas, similar to Windows.
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Everything I install and set up on a new MacBook as a web developer
I was a Spectacle user for years, but I recently switched to using Rectangle for window management. Rectangle has a few more options than Spectacle; I’m still getting used to it but I have no strong feelings either way.
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Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS
Why would you pay for magnet when you can use rectangle, which is the same but open source? https://github.com/rxhanson/Rectangle
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Touch-Tab and Rectangle you can also consider the following projects:
sol - MacOS launcher & command palette
Amethyst - Automatic tiling window manager for macOS à la xmonad.
Menu-Bar-Search - Quickly search through menu options of the front-most application - Alfred Workflow
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
Calendr - Menu bar calendar for macOS
alt-tab-macos - Windows alt-tab on macOS
feeds - Collection of Dash docset feeds
PlayCover - PlayCover is a project that allows you to sideload iOS apps on macOS (currently arm, Intel support will be tested)
Gestr - [Maintained] [macOS] Launch apps and bookmarks on your Mac with multitouch trackpad drawings.
linux
getstreamline - Streamline is a stream-of-consciousness writer for Obsidian
i3 - A tiling window manager for X11